Alta (Chambers) Sexton (1911 - 2004)

Born 14 Sep 1911 in Laxton, Scott, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Eamer Sexton Sr. — married 17 May 1925 in Scott County, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 2004 at age 92 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Alta (Chambers) Sexton lived in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

Alta was born on September 14, 1911 at Laxton near Paint Rock in Scott County, Tennessee. She was the daughter of George Chambers and Mary Thompson. She married Eamer Sexton Sr. on May 17, 1925 in Scott County. She passed away on September 6, 2004 at Fort Sanders Parkwest Hospital in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

Obituary,

Alta Chambers Sexton, 92, of Oneida, passed away September 6, 2004, at Fort Sanders Parkwest Hospital in Knoxville. Born in the Paint Rock community, September 14, 1911, she was preceded in death by her parents, George and Mary Thompson Chambers; her husband, Emer Sexton; one son, Emer Sexton, Jr.; great-granddaughter, Debra Cooke; sisters: Maisey George, Gladys Cross, Betty Sharp, and Irene Chambers; and one brother, Milford "Shorty" Chambers. She was a life-long member of Paint Rock Baptist Church. She is survived by three daughters: Lillian Jeffers of Oak Ridge, Berta Sexton and husband, Charles, of Huntsville, and Mary Emily Sexton of Greenwood, Ky.; one son, Rev. George Harold Sexton and wife, Ruth, of Helenwood; 25 grandchildren, 70 great-grandchildren, 61 great-great-grandchildren, one sister, Margaret Jeffers of Huntsville; two brothers, Roy Chambers and wife, June, of Oak Ridge, and Herbert Chambers and wife, Nona lee of Huntsville; and many other relatives. Funeral service was to have been conducted September 8, in the chapel of Jones & Son Funeral Home with Rev. George Harold Sexton and Rev. Dean Barns officiating. Music was to have been provided by Ruth Sexton. Internment was to have followed in Sexton Memorial Cemetery in the Paint Rock community. Jones & Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (Source: The Independent Herald, 9 Sep 2004, pB4)

Sources

Burial : Sexton Memorial Cemetery, Paint Rock, Scott County, Tennessee. Burial Date : September 8, 2004, Find A Grave memorial # 24039902, [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24039902/alta-sexton: accessed 11 January 2024), memorial page for Alta Chambers Sexton (14 Sep 1911–6 Sep 2004), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24039902, citing Sexton Memorial Cemetery, Scott County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Jan Miller (contributor 46607804).

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG87-MJH : accessed 24 December 2015), Alta Sexton, 06 Sep 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K79-5LWZ : 10 February 2023), Alta Sexton, .

• "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H5-ZP88 : Fri Oct 06 19:35:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Alta Chambers and Geo Chambers, 14 Sep 1911.

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN6K-D7Y : accessed 27 December 2015), Eames Sexton and Alta Chambers (Unknown), 17 May 1925; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 182, Scott, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPW-4BJ : accessed 24 December 2015), Alta Chambers in household of George W Chambers, Civil District 3, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 20A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,761.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQ1-NS3 : accessed 27 December 2015), Alta Sexton in entry for Eames Sexton, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZP-CMD : accessed 27 December 2015), Alta Sexton in household of Eamer Sexton, Civil District 3, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76-5, sheet 28A, family 459, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3932.

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSM-TP68 : Thu Oct 05 17:58:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Alta Sexton and George H Sexton, 15 April 1950, Scott, Tennessee.