Rogers Co. Obit for:  Everett Olen Sexton Jr.
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Submitted to the Rogers County Oklahoma Archives 
Date: 7/01/2002 by: Bill Cook, wcook14024@aol.com
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6/25/2002

Everett Olen Sexton Jr.

Services for Everett Olen Sexton Jr. were 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at Thornburg Baptist Church in 
Thornburg, Ark. Rev. Charles Sandusky and Rev. Robert Harrison officiated. Burial followed at 
Thornburg Cemetery under the direction of Rice Funeral Service, Claremore. A memorial service will be 
at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 27, 2002 at Verdigris Baptist Church. Rev. Charles Sandusky will officiate.

Everett passed away on Friday, June 21, 2002. He was 59.

Born in Long Beach, Calif. on Sept. 1, 1942 to Everett Sr. and Jewel Crowson Sexton, he was reared 
and educated in Hawaiian Gardens, Calif. through the ninth grade. Moving to Arkansas, Everett graduated 
from Perryville High School. He attended Ceretos Junior College in California and attended a year of 
college in Arkansas before entering the Air Force. 

He was stationed in Texas during his four years of military duty and it was there that he began training in 
what was to become his professional career in the airline industry.

On June 29, 1963, Everett and Sandra Jean Doughty, who had been neighbors in Arkansas, were married 
at Thornburg Baptist Church. Two daughters blessed this union. Everett was employed as a production 
supervisor at American Airlines. In 1973, the family relocated to the Verdigris area.

Everett was an active member of the Verdigris Baptist Church, serving as Deacon chair. He was kind and 
caring, a selfless man who had the innate ability to see others' needs and then meet them. He enjoyed 
fishing, rodeoing, 4-H and building rockets, activities which allowed him to spend time with his children 
and grandchildren, whom he dearly loved. Most recently, Everett and grandson Jenson devoted all of their 
spare time to racing four-wheelers.

Affectionately called "Papa" by his grandchildren, this wonderful man will be deeply missed by all who 
knew him.

He is survived by his wife Sandra of their home in Verdigris; daughters, Shari Willis and husband Wayne, 
also of Verdigris, and Shawnna Sexton of Fayetteville, Ark.; grandchildren, Jenson Roberts of Verdigris, 
Jake Willis of Claremore, Adam Willis of Sunrise, Fla. and Emily Willis of Plymouth, Minn.; great-
grandchildren, Gracie Willis of Claremore and Austyn Willis of Florida; parents, Everett and Jewel Sexton 
of Thornburg; brother, Joe Sexton of Little Rock, Ark.; and sisters, Diedra Corder and Teri Sexton, also 
of Thornburg.

Those wishing to honor Everett's memory may do so by contributing to the Everett 
Sexton Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o First Bank of Verdigris, P.O. Box 888, 
Claremore, OK 74018.
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