Obituary of Iva Dell Sexton

Funeral services for Iva Dell Sexton, 85, of Troup, will be held Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at The First Baptist Church in Whitehouse, Texas with the Reverend Ray Davis officiating and interment to follow at the Whitehouse Cemetery. Iva passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at her home with her family at her side. Iva was born on February 13, 1930, to the late William Wesley Pickle and Amy Ellen Dollens Pickle in Heavener, Oklahoma. She married Hiram Alvin Sexton on March 31, 1950, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1962 they moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma where she worked at Phoenix Federal Savings and Loan and Victor Savings and Loan until her retirement in 1974. From 1987 to 1995 they traveled around the country building churches with a group called the “Nail Benders”. They moved to Whitehouse, Texas in 2000, to be near their daughter and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Hiram ‘Al’ Sexton. She was a Deacons wife for 40 years and continued her service by participating in the Sowers of Love and supported the Acts 1:8 Ministry and the Children’s Ministry of the First Baptist Church in Whitehouse, Texas. She is survived by her daughter; Terri Cantwell and Fiancé Wade Clapsaddle of Plano, 3 grandchildren; Brian Kennedy and wife Mari-Carmen of Whitehouse, Cody Cantwell and Lindsay Cantwell, both of Troup, and 5 great grandchildren; Abby Cantwell, Maddie Kennedy, Taylor Sieber, Hailey Kennedy, and Harper Kennedy. The family will receive friends and loved ones on Friday September 11, 2015 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Cottle Funeral Home Chapel, Troup. In lieu of flowers, her family request that donations be made to the Acts 1:8 Ministry, First Baptist Church, 801 East Main Street, Whitehouse, Texas, 75791.