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Leora <I>Hicks</I> Sexton

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Leora Hicks Sexton

Birth
New Madrid County, Missouri, USA
Death
19 Nov 1977 (aged 77)
Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Matthews, New Madrid County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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From "The Weekly Record," New Madrid, Missouri newspaper, Friday, November 25, 1977, page 7; "Mrs. Sexton Dies," Leora Sexton, 87, died at 12:20 p.m. Saturday in Charleston Host House. She was born November 17, 1889 at Big Ridge to the late Jim and Molly Hicks. She married R. T. Sexton, who survives. Other survivors include R. T. Sexton Jr., Canalou and Bill Sexton, Schererville, Indiana, and three grandchildren. Burial followed in the Matthews Cemetery. Donald Sexton, Frank Harr, Earl Harr, Cletus Harr, C. C. Blankenship and Harry Perry were pallbearers.

Information gathered from Watkins and Sons Funeral Home: Lived at Canalou, West Township, New Madrid County, retired policewoman, lifetime resident of S.E. Mo., ill for several years, funeral November 21, Monday, at 2 p.m., burial in Matthews Cemetery in Matthews, Missouri, place of death was Charleston, Missouri, time of death was 12:20 p.m. on November 19, 1977.
From "The Weekly Record," New Madrid, Missouri newspaper, Friday, November 25, 1977, page 7; "Mrs. Sexton Dies," Leora Sexton, 87, died at 12:20 p.m. Saturday in Charleston Host House. She was born November 17, 1889 at Big Ridge to the late Jim and Molly Hicks. She married R. T. Sexton, who survives. Other survivors include R. T. Sexton Jr., Canalou and Bill Sexton, Schererville, Indiana, and three grandchildren. Burial followed in the Matthews Cemetery. Donald Sexton, Frank Harr, Earl Harr, Cletus Harr, C. C. Blankenship and Harry Perry were pallbearers.

Information gathered from Watkins and Sons Funeral Home: Lived at Canalou, West Township, New Madrid County, retired policewoman, lifetime resident of S.E. Mo., ill for several years, funeral November 21, Monday, at 2 p.m., burial in Matthews Cemetery in Matthews, Missouri, place of death was Charleston, Missouri, time of death was 12:20 p.m. on November 19, 1977.


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  • Created by: Bob Walls
  • Added: May 23, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14387697/leora-sexton: accessed ), memorial page for Leora Hicks Sexton (27 Nov 1899–19 Nov 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14387697, citing Matthews Cemetery, Matthews, New Madrid County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Bob Walls (contributor 46619081).