Lassie Sexton (1904 - 1918)

Born 11 Jul 1904 in Norma, Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Ancestors

Died 1 Nov 1918 at age 14 in Norcross ( now Norma), Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A.

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Biography

Lassie was born on July 11, 1904 at Norma in Scott County. Norma's name was changed to Norcross on December 17, 1915, then later changed back to Norma on June 21, 1919. He was the son of Cicero C. Sexton and Texas Ann ( Newport ) Sexton . He worked for the New River Lumber Company as a laborer in the lumber mill, pulling lumber from the chain. He passed away at home in Norcross during the spanish influenza pandemic of 1918, he died of influenza and pneumonia on November 1, 1918.

Sources

Burial : Duncan Cemetery, Norma, Scott County, Tennessee, U.S.A. Burial Date : November 3, 1918 Find A Grave memorial # 139579847 [1]

• Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139579847/lassie-sexton: accessed 31 March 2023), memorial page for Lassie Sexton (11 Jul 1904–1 Nov 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139579847, citing Duncan Cemetery, Norma, Scott County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by purplemountains (contributor 47328724).

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSXH-ZJM : 9 March 2018), Lassie Sexton, 01 Nov 1918; Duncan Graveyard Cemetery, Norma, Scott, Tennessee, v 43 cn 522, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,299,692.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFD-LL5 : accessed 24 August 2018), Lassie Sexton in household of Roe Sexton, Civil District 10, Scott, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 172, sheet 6B, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1515; FHL microfilm 1,375,528.