Lola Elberta (Jordan) Sexton (1903 - 1999)

Born 1 Dec 1903 in Rhea, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Patrick Kerney Sexton — married 16 Jul 1922 in Rhea County,Tennessee

Died 31 Jul 1999 at age 95 in Dayton, Rhea, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Lola was born in the area of Spivey Community that is now completely covered by water in Rhea County, Tennessee. At that time, the farmhouse where she was born was divided by the Hamilton County and Rhea County line. She remembers that they ate in Rhea County and slept in Hamilton County. She was the daughter of Richard Jordan and Adelia Fine.

On July 16, 1922 she married Patrick Sexton in Rhea County, Tennessee. ^[1]

She passed away July 31, 1999 in Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee. ^[2][3] Lola was laid to rest in Buttram Cemetery, Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, United States. ^[4]

Religion

She taught Sunday School for 61 years at Garrison Baptist Church and remains a member to this date.

Occupation

Between 1934 -1937 she worked at Wall Ridge Knitting Mill. Then she worked at Robinson Manufacturing Company from 1940 - 1946. From 1948 -1973 she worked at Malcolm Gholdston's Basket Factory.

Retirement

She retired in 1973 from Malcolm Gholdston's Basket Factory.

Obituary

Lola Sexton Died: 07/31/1999

Lola Sexton, of Dayton, died Saturday, July 31, 1999, at Rhea County Nursing Home. She was 95.

Born Dec. 1, 1903, in Rhea County, Mrs. Sexton lived in Rhea County all her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Patrick (Pat) Kearny Sexton who died in June of 1984; parents, Richard Henry and Delia Ann Fine Jordan; and grandson, Larry Arnold.

Mrs. Sexton was a homemaker by trade and years ago worked for Waldridge Knitting Mill, Robinson Manufacturing Company and Gholdston Basket Factory. She and her husband were among the founders of Garrison Baptist Church in Dayton where Mrs. Sexton taught Sunday school for over 60 years.

Survivors include her daughters, Betty S. Arnold and Dean S. Crawley, both of Dayton; sister, Irene Arnold of Dayton; grandson, Dr. Philip Arnold and wife, Doris, of Athens; granddaughters, Sharon Sharpe of Dayton and Daphne Wood and husband, Ken, of Blackville, S.C.; great-grandsons, Jason Arnold of Tallahassee, Fla., Tim Sharpe and wife, Sherri, of Dayton, Bill Sharpe of Dayton and Jeff Wood of Blackville, S.C.; and one great-great-granddaughter, Kayla Sharpe of Dayton.

Funeral services were conducted Monday, Aug. 2, in the chapel of Vanderwall Funeral Home with Rev. David Jordan and Rev. J.C. Gholdston officiating. Burial was in Buttram Cemetery in Dayton. Vanderwall Funeral Home in Dayton was in charge of the arrangements. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHQ-8NYR : 16 March 2020), Patrick Sexton and Lola Jordan, 16 Jul 1922; citing Rhea, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,012,182.
2. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JR5V-2NR : 19 May 2014), Lola J Sexton, 01 Jul 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4P-D9BH : accessed 17 April 2020), Mrs Lola Sexton, Dayton, Tennessee, United States, 31 Jul 1999; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Herald-News, The, born-digital text.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 April 2020), memorial page for Lola Jordan Henry Sexton (1 Dec 1903–31 Jul 1999), Find A Grave: Memorial #89013790, citing Buttram Cemetery, Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Lisa Evitt (contributor 47595272) .

see also:

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGF7-97H : accessed 17 April 2020), Lola Jordon in household of Richard H Jordon, Civil District 4, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 107, sheet 5A, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1516; FHL microfilm 1,375,529.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPY-RGV : accessed 17 April 2020), Lola Jordan in household of Richard H Jordan, Civil District 4, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 102, sheet 11A, line 1, family 219, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1758; FHL microfilm 1,821,758.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQR-L5M : accessed 17 April 2020), Lola A Sexton in household of James Sexton, District 4, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 6B, line 56, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2269; FHL microfilm 2,342,003.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZK-FC8 : 26 November 2019), Lola Sexton in household of Pat K Sexton, Civil District 4, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 72-14, sheet 8B, line 57, family 128, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3929.