Margie Sexton Obituary
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She was born July 10, 1960, in Paintsville, KY, to the late Willard and Emogene Music Adams. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by three brothers: Willard B. Adams, Thomas Lee Castle, Douglas Adams; and one sister: Phyllis Jean Ward.
On July 22, 1978, she married Larry Keith Sexton, who survives. Additional survivors include one daughter: Kayla Sexton (Eric Short) of Paintsville, KY; two sisters: Sheila Kay Adams Fairchild Taylor of Paintsville, KY, Carroll (Paul) Short of Franklin, OH; three grandchildren: Caleb Ward, Jordan McCoy, Kelsey McCoy; along with a host of nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law.
Funeral Services are scheduled for 1 P.M. Thursday, October 9, 2025, in the chapel of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home with Southie Fannin Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Adams Family Cemetery on Mill St. in Paintsville, KY. Friends may visit the Jones-Preston Funeral Home on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, from 4 P.M. until 8 P.M.; on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 12 Noon until 8 P.M.; and from 11 A.M. until the time of services at 1 P.M. on Thursday, October 9, 2025.
Jones-Preston Funeral Home is both honored and privileged to be entrusted with all final arrangements for Mrs. Margie Louise Adams Sexton.
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