Edna Tomisha Minter

1907 - 1970  (63 years)

• Name	Edna Tomisha Minter
  Birth	16 May 1907	Kaufman, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	FDCCC41D4494410BA903737E1F01B01E59F0
  Death	27 Dec 1970	West Texas Hospital, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Burial	29 Dec 1970	Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA   [1, 3]
  Notes	Edna died of cancer at the age of 63. The following comes from findagrave.com: Services Slated Tuesday For Mrs. Sexton Funeral services for Mrs. Oscar J. Sexton Sr., will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with Dr. David Ray, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev. J. T. Bolding, associate pastor. Mrs. Sexton, 62, of 3311 22nd St., who had resided in Lubbock and Plainview much of her life. died about 4:20 p.m. in West Texas Hospital. A Kaufman native, Mrs. Sexton had been in ill health about a year and had been critically ill about three months. She was a Plainview resident from 1917 until 1933, when she moved to Lubbock with her husband. A graduate of Plainview High School, she had attended Wayland Baptist College. She was a Western Union Bookkeeper, of her 37 years residence in Lubbock, Mrs. Sexton was chief bookkeeper at the Western Union office some 23 years. She later worked six years at Hemphill Wells. Her husband, 0.J.(Bo)Sexton, was manager of the Western Union office here from 1933 till his retirement in 1963. He had been associated with the telegraph company 52 years. Mrs. Sexton was the former Edna Minter. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Minter. Mr. and Mrs. Sexton were married in April of 1931 at Plainview. Mrs. Sexton was a member of the First Baptist' Church and the Women's Chamber of Commerce. She had been secretary of an adult Sunday school class of First Baptist Church for a number of years. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park directed by Sanders Funeral Home. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Jim of 3407 41st St. and Robert B. of Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Cawthon of Plainview and Mrs. R. L. Slier of Simms; and six grandchildren. Published in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 28 December 1970, Monday
  Person ID	I3778	America
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	William Robert Minter,   b. 18 Jul 1872, Lineville, Clay County, Alabama, USA d. 9 Jan 1942, Simms, Bowie County, Texas, USA (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Lula Elizabeth HAYNES,   b. 20 Dec 1872, Clay County, Alabama, USA d. 29 Dec 1911, Simms, Bowie County, Texas, USA (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1892	Clay County, Alabama, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F1566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Oscar James "Bo" SEXTON, Sr.,   b. 3 May 1899, Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, USA d. 10 Dec 1983, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Apr 1931	Plainview, Hale County, Texas, USA   [5]
  Children	1. Oscar James SEXTON, Jr.   2. Robert Franklin SEXTON
  Family ID	F1576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - Apr 1931 - Plainview, Hale County, Texas, USA Death - 27 Dec 1970 - West Texas Hospital, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Burial - 29 Dec 1970 - Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S223] Texas, Death Certificates, 1903 - 1982, at ancestry.com, March 2015 and later. [S233] Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 at ancestry.co.uk, March 2015 and later. [S152] Social Security Records. [S201] Marriage records for Clay County Alabama. [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later, from obituary. (Reliability: 3).