Viola Sexton

Viola Sexton, age 84 of Woodburn, Kentucky passed away at Hopkins Nursing Facility on Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 2:35 AM. She was born in Orkney, Kentucky on November 30, 1922 the daughter of James and Mary Catherine (Fife) Hobson. On September 13, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland she married Wheeler Sexton, and he preceded her in death in 2001.

She is survived by four daughters, Karen (Harry) Hatten of Marion, Indiana, Barbara (Ron) Wolf of Zoe, Kentucky, Teresa (Joel Good) Sexton of Monroe, and Tammy (James) Metz of Marion, Indiana; four sons, Larry (Peggy) Sexton of Flemingsburg, Kentucky, David (Mary) Sexton, Kenneth (Irene) Sexton, both of Woodburn, Kentucky, and Randall (Deborah) Sexton of Hamilton; 24 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; a brother, Homer Hobson of Kentucky; and a sister, Rebecca Elliott of Wayland, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Earl, Leonard, Henry, and Charley; and seven sisters, Alice, Pearl, Wanda, Hazel, Sarah, Geneva, and Virginia.

Funeral service will be held at the Brown-Dawson Funeral Home, 1350 Millville Avenue, today, Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 1:00 PM with Rev. Jacob Flannery officiating. Burial will follow in Butler County Memorial Park. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.