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[LaRue, Audrey
Jeanette Peterson]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday February 11,
1965 p. 4
Final Rites Are Held
For Mrs, M. E. LaRue
Funeral
services for Audrey Jeanette LaRue,
37, of Denison, Iowa, formerly of Bedford, were held on January 27, 1965 at the
First Methodist Church at Denison. Mrs. LaRue died on January 25, 1965. Burial was in the
Fairview Township Cemetery near Sloan, Iowa.
She
was born on January 24, 1928 at Nemaha, Iowa. As a child she lived in the
Nemaha, Sac City, Onawa and S loan areas.
She
married Maclyn LaRue on
October 7, 1948. Following their marriage they lived in Sloan, Bedford and
Denison, Iowa.
Survivors
include her husband, her children, Annette, Claire, Janelle, Alan and Philip, all at home, her father, Samuel Peterson, of Sloan, and one sister, Mrs. Donald Byers, of Sloan.
[Sexton, Carl Darwin]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 22, 1980 p. 7
Carl Darwin Sexton Services May 3
Carl
Darwin Sexton, 46, assistant
registrar at Central Missouri State University, died April 23 at St. Luke's
Hospital in Kansas City. He was born in New Market, Iowa on May 22, 1933, the
son of Nathan Carl and Hazle [Hazel Lea] Akers Sexton.
He
was married to Karen [Kay] Todd June
5, 1965 in Appleton City. Mr. Sexton was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Phi Delta Kappa, and was
a past exalted ruler of the Elks Club. He had been vice president for education
of Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
A
graduate of Lenox Community High School, Mr. Sexton received his bachelor's degree from Northwest
Missouri State University and his master's and specialist degrees from CMSU. He
had taught high school in Clinton for seven years before returning to CMSU as
an academic advisor, and later was appointed assistant registrar.
In
addition to his wife, survivors include one son, Curtis [Scott]; one daughter, Kenda [Lee]; his mother, Hazle [Hazel] Sexton of Lenox; a sister, Phyllis Murdock of Independence, Iowa; three nieces and one
nephew.
Funeral
services were held Saturday, May 3 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church with Rev. Roger
Reese and Rev. David Bloedel officiating. Burial was in the Sunset Hill
Cemetery.
The
family suggests memorials to Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
[Sexton, Elsie Mae
Laird]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 1, 1958 [p. 1]
Mrs. Elsie Mae
Sexton Rites Here Tuesday
Mrs.
Elsie Mae Sexton of Gravity died
Friday, April 25 at the age of 77 years, one month, 20 days. Funeral services
were held at the Shum Funeral Home in Bedford at two o'clock, Tuesday
afternoon, April 29. Harold Ingelman officiated. Burial in Washington cemetery
at Gravity.
[Sexton, Elsie Mae
Laird]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 8, 1958 p. 4
Mrs. Elsie Mae
Sexton Burial at Gravity
Last
rites for Mrs. Elsie Mae Sexton of Gravity were held at the Shum Funeral Home in Bedford the afternoon of April
29. Rev. Harold Ingelman of Corning officiated. Burial was in Washington
Township cemetery at Gravity.
Elsie
Mae Laird, daughter of Jesse
and [Sarah] Elizabeth [Hollis] Laird was born in Taylor County, Iowa, March 5, 1881 and died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Pete Downey at
Corning on April 25 at the age of 77 years, one month, 20 days.
She
was married to Nathan [Isaac] Sexton on December 25, 1899 and to them were born nine children, five sons
and four daughters. One son, [Frank] Gail, died seven weeks ago.
The surviving children are Mrs. Gladys O’Neal of Provo, Utah; Mrs. Beulah Downey and Mrs. Lorna Hardisty, Corning; Mrs. Hazel Green, Cook, Wash.; [Nathan] Carl Sexton, Lenox; Virgil Sexton, Bedford; Jesse [Free] and Francis Sexton, Washington State.
There
are also four sons-in-law, four daughters-in-law, 27 grandchildren, 21 great
grandchildren.
Two
brothers preceded her in death.
[Sexton, Frank Gail]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 11, 1958 p. 5
Frank G. Sexton Of Gravity Dies
Frank
G. [ail] Sexton, 56, of Gravity
died at St. Francis hospital, Sunday night, March 9. Funeral services were held
at the Shum Funeral Home in Bedford Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Harold Ingelman
of Corning officiating. Burial in Gravity cemetery.
Mr.
Sexton was found by neighbors
about noon Sunday on the floor of his home in Gravity, where he lived alone,
and was taken to St. Francis hospital, where he never regained consciousness.
He is survived by several brothers and sisters.He had never married.
[Sexton, Jesse Free]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 16, 1967 p. 3
Jesse Sexton Dies in Oregon
Funeral
services for Jesse Free Sexton,
60, of Lyle, Wash., formerly of Gravity, were held March 9 at The Dalles,
Oregon. Mr. Sexton died at his
home in Lyle March 5, 1967. Interment was at The Dalles, Ore.
Jesse
Free Sexton, son of Nathan
Isaac and Elsie Mae [Laird] Sexton, was born August 7, 1906 at Gravity, Iowa.
On
Feb. 21, 1934, he was united in marriage to Edith Marsh Green at Seneca, Kansas. To this union four children
were born.
He
lived in Iowa until 1948, when he moved to the state of Washington. For the
last 15 years he has lived at Lyle and was employed by the Seattle, Portland
and Spokane Railway Co.
Mr.
Sexton is survived by his wife Edith
(Marshie); sons, Richard of Renton, Wash., Allen [Roy]
of the U. S. Armed Forces, Vietnam, Gary of Lyle; daughter, Judith Thomas of Yakima; three grandchildren survive: Michael
Thomas of Yakima, and Catherine
and Scott Sexton of Renton.
He
has three brothers, Francis [Leroy] of Wishram, [Lewis] Virgil of Bedford and [Nathan] Carl of Lenox; and sisters, Hazel
Green of Cooks, Wash., Gladys
O’Neal of Provo, Utah, Beulah
Downey and Lorna Hardisty of Corning, Ia.; also a number of nieces and
nephews, relatives and friends will cherish his memory
He
possessed a generous amount of the ordinary and common virtues of life that
made him beloved by all who knew him, but his love and devotion to this wife
and family endeared him in their hearts forever.
Those
attending from here were Virgil Sexton, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sexton from Lenox and Mrs. James Hardisty of Corning.
[Sexton, Lewis Virgil]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday May 4, 1978 p. 8
Last Rites Held April
29 for Virgil Sexton,
67
Funeral
services for Lewis Virgil Sexton,
67, of Bedford, held April 29 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, were
conducted by Rev. Mel Smith and Rev. Marty Burgus. Mr. Sexton died in his Bedford home April 26, 1978. Interment
was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity.
Lewis
Virgil Sexton, son of Nathan
[Isaac] and Elsie (Laird) Sexton,
was born on a farm northwest of Gravity, Iowa, February 26, 1911.
On
September 29, 1948 he was united in marriage to Roena Sayler Brown. To this union one daughter, Linda Kay, was born.
He
served four years and eight months in the U.S. Army during World War II,
including one and one-half years in the European theatre. Following his
honorable discharge he went to work for the Iowa Highway Commission at Bedford.
At his retirement in 1973, he was honored for 28 years of service, including 16
years as foreman.
He
was a member of the American Legion, Post 164, and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He
was a member of the Gravity Christian Church.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, [Nathan] Carl, Gael [Frank Gail], and Jess; and one sister, Gladys O'Neal.
He
is survived by his wife, Roena;
one son by a previous marriage, Ronald Roy of Springfield, Mo.; his daughter, Linda Kay, of Denver, Colo.; a stepson, Richard Brown of Norfolk. Nebr.; one brother, Francis, of Wishram, Wash.; three sisters, Mrs. Beulah
Downey of Coming, Iowa, Mrs.
Hazel Green and Mrs. Lorna
Hardisty of Cook, Wash.; and five
grandchildren.
Virgil was a kind and loving husband and father and will
be sorely missed by all who knew him and loved him.
[Sexton, Margaret
Heatherington]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 12,
1956 [p. 1]
Former Resident Dies
In The West
Mrs.
Margaret Sexton, 43, of Wishram,
Wash., a former resident of the Bedford community, died July 6, Last rites were
held in The Dalles, Oregon on July 9 and burial was there.
Mrs.
Sexton is survived by her husband
Francis [Leroy] Sexton, and four children. Also by a sister, Mrs. Nelle
Smith of Bedford.
[Sexton, Margaret
Heatherington]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday July 12,
1956 p. 6
gravity
Friends
and relatives received word Saturday of the death of Mrs. Francis Sexton of Wishram, Wash. She was the former Margaret
Heatherington. Funeral and burial
was at Wishram.
[Sexton, Nathan Carl]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday March 6,
1975 p. 6
Nathan Sexton, 74 Last Rites Held February 23
Funeral
services for Nathan Carl Sexton,
74, of Lenox were held February 23 at Larkin and Bender Funeral Home in Lenox
with Rev. Dick Brown officiating and the Lenox Odd Fellows gave a memorial
service. Mr. Sexton died at
Lenox Care Center February 20. Interment was at Washington Cemetery, Gravity.
Nathan
Carl Sexton, 74, was born August
16, 1900 at Gravity, Iowa, the son of Nathan Isaac and Elsie MacLaird [Mae
Laird] Sexton.
He
was married on May 24, 1926, to Hazle [Hazel] Lea Akers at Corning, Iowa. To this union were born two
children, a daughter, Phyllis, and a son, [Carl] Darwin.
He
worked on the Burlington Railroad for 41 years and retired December 31, 1965.
All his life was spent in Taylor County. He was an active member of the Odd
Fellows Lodge, holding many offices until his health failed.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Jessie and Gale [Frank Gail], and one sister, Gladys.
He
is survived by his wife, Hazle, of Lenox; a daughter, Phyllis Murdock, and husband, Randall,
of Independence, Iowa; a son, [Carl] Darwin and wife, Karen [Kay
Todd], of Warrensburg, Mo.;
grandchildren, Vicki Murdock of Des Moines, Iowa; Pamela Kauffman and husband, David,
of Independence, Iowa, Curt Sexton and Kenda Sexton of Warrensburg,
Mo., two brothers, [Lewis] Virgil of Bedford, Iowa, and Francis of Wishram, Washington; three sisters, Mrs.
Pete (Beulah) Downey of Corning,
Iowa, Mrs. James (Hazle) Green and Mrs. James (Lorna) Hardisty, both of Cook, Washington; 11 brothers-in-law; 11
sisters- in-law; many nieces and nephews.
[Sexton, Nathan Isaac “Nate”]
Bedford Times-Press
Thursday September 14, 1944 p. 8
Nate Sexton Dies At Gravity Sept. 13
Nathan
I. [saac] Sexton, better known to
his friends as “Nate," died suddenly at his home in Gravity about 8 o'clock Wednesday evening
following a heart attack. He was sitting in his chair at his home reading the
evening paper when death came.
Mr.
Sexton was 75 years of age, and
had been a resident of Gravity and community for more than fifty years. He is
survived by his wife and several children.
[Sexton, Nathan Isaac “Nate”]
Taylor County
Herald
Thursday September 14, 1944 [p. 1]
Nathan Sexton, 73, Died at Gravity
Nathan
Sexton, 73, died at his home in
Gravity Wednesday evening. No funeral arrangements will be made until word is
received from a daughter living in Washington.
[Sexton, Nathan Isaac “Nate”]
Gravity Independent
Thursday September 14,
1944 [p. 1]
Died Suddenly Last
Night Of Heart Attack
While
sitting in his chair at his home yesterday evening about 8:30, Nate Sexton, 73, passed suddenly away. He has been suffering
from heart trouble for some time, but his sudden passing was a shock to
everyone here. No arrangements for the funeral had been made as we go to press
this morning.
[Sexton, Nathan Isaac “Nate”]
Gravity Independent
Thursday September 21,
1944 p. 4
Those
from a distance attending the funeral of Nathan Sexton Sunday were: Mr and Mrs L. H. Roberts Mr and
Mrs Frank Kent, Mr and Mrs Elmer Kent, Mr and Mrs Elmer Hughes and Mr and Mrs Ross Hunter all of Clarinda; Joe Sexton and Mrs Ollie Hoadley of Cainsville, Missouri; Mrs Hazel Green and Robert Cooke, Washington; Joe O'Neal and family and Leo Mortimore and family of Omaha; Mrs Laura Stevens and daughter and Mr Wilson and Marvin of Lenox; Mr and Mrs Pete Downey and Mary
Jane, Mr and Mrs James Hardisty and Larry, Mr and Mrs Lee Hardisty and Mr and Mrs Francis Sexton and Rosalie all of Corning; Mr and Mrs Jakie Green and
Donald of Blockton and Mr and
Mrs Harry Crowell of Lenox.
[Sexton, Nathan Isaac “Nate”]
Gravity Independent
Thursday September 21,
1944 p. 4
OBITUARY
Nathan
[Isaac], son of Isaac [Free]
and Elizabeth [Sparks] Sexton,
was born near Cainsville, Mo., March 23, 1871, and died at his home in Gravity
September 13, 1944, at the age of 73 years, 5 months and 13 days.
He
was one of a family of 12 children, and only four are now living, namely: Joe
Sexton and Ollie Hoadley of Cainsville, Mo.; John of Portales, N. Mex., and Kay Hamilton, near Gravity. In young manhood he united with
the Baptist church near where he lived.
He
was married to [Elsie] May
Laird December 25, 1899. To this
union nine children were born—5 boys and 4 girls: Gladys [Pearl]
O'Neal of Omaha, Hazel Green of Washington State; Beulah Downey, Lorna
[Maxine] Hardesty and Frances [Leroy] of near Corning; [Lewis] Virgil is in the U.
S. service in France; [Nathan] Carl, [Frank] Gail and Jesse [Free] in and near
Gravity. He also has 19 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
He
was a great lover of home and his family and numbered his friends by his
acquaintance.
He
had been a resident of Taylor County fifty years.
The
funeral service was held in the Christian church here, at 1:00 o'clock, Sunday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. D. Stevens, pastor of the Methodist church.
Francis
Cundy of Sharpsburg sang three solos, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Meredith
Walker of Gravity. The pallbearers were: Mark Young, Estle Parks, Earl Morgan,
Leland Morgan, Merle Allen and Orval Bates.
Interment was in the
Gravity cemetery.
[Note:
The same obituary was printed in the Bedford Times-Press, September 28, 1944, page 3.]
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