Jack Sexton, Sr.

Jack Sexton, Sr., 76, loving husband, father, and grandfather passed away Tuesday night, October 19, 2010 at Brian Center of Eden. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Friday, October 22, at Fair Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Ridgeview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Sexton was born June 22, 1934 in Lansing, in Ashe County, NC, son of the late Frank Sexton and Ollie Mae Wyatt. He was a member of Little Horse Creek Baptist Church and a retiree of Karastan Rug Mill after 36 years of service as a loom fixer and weaver. He was also a musician who loved to play the guitar and sing. Surviving is his wife, Alice Bare Sexton of the home; daughters, Teresa Ann Church and husband, Jimmy of Eden, Wendy S. Covington and husband, Randy of Ridgeway, VA, Lisa Rebecca Wells of Clayton, and Maria Annette Kemplin and husband, John of Fuquay; sons, Joseph Edmond Sexton of Laurinburg, and Jamie Allen Sexton, Sr. and wife, Patty Jean of Eden; 12 grandchildren, Jack Sexton III, Amanda Carter Rorrer, David Purgason, Jr., John Randolph Covington, Jr., Jason Branch Wells, Andrew Thomas Wells, Russ Owen Wells, Mitchell Sexton Wells, Hillary Leigh Kemplin, Michael Hunter Kemplin, Taylor Dawn Sexton, and Jamie Allen Sexton, Jr.; one great-grandchild, Lydia Dawn Rorrer; two step-grandchildren, Kyle and Jessica Weekley; three brothers, Sam Sexton of Morristown, TN, Jimmy McNeil of Lansing, and Gary Sexton of Pensacola, FL; five sisters, Thelma Mulvey of Jensen Beach, FL, Kay Sharron of Walkertown, Patsy Faulks of Kernersville, Judy Baldwin, and Rachel Bowman, both of Lansing, NC; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Jack Sexton, Jr. The family will receive friends Thursday evening, 7 - 9 PM at Fair Funeral Home and other times at the residence, 1315 W. Fieldcrest Road in Eden. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com