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Submitted: 6/23/13 • Approved: 7/1/13 • Last Updated: 7/4/13 • R899392-G899391-S3
Born February 20, 1924, Fifty-Six, Stone County, Arkansas
Died November 14, 2008, Manila, Mississippi County, Arkansas
Daughter of Jospeh & Belle Holt
Married (1) Ralph S. Sexton, May 12, 1941, Stone County, Arkansas
Married (2) Troy C. Freeman
Obituary for Cleo Holt Sexton Freeman:
Mrs. Cleo Sexton Freeman, age 84 of Calico Rock, formerly of Leachville, died Friday at Manila Nursing Center. She was the widow of Mr. Ralph S. Sexton and Mr. Troy Freeman. Born at Fifty-Six, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Belle Holt and had lived most of her life in Calico Rock and Leachville. She was a long-time member of the Assembly of God Church. In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by her son, Lester Sexton, 4 brothers and 4 sisters. She is survived by 2 sons: Ervin Sexton and his wife Rose of Leachville, and Troy Sexton and his wife Mary of Calico Rock; 2 daughters: Ester Thomas and her husband Bo of Oxford, AR, and Hester Pitts of Calico Rock; 1 brother: Alton Holt and his wife Nina of Mt. View, AR; and 12 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 10AM Monday at Howard Funeral Service Chapel in Leachville with Rev. Russell Rhodes officiating. Graveside service will follow at 3PM at Optimus Cemetery at Calico Rock with Rev. Mark Wheeler officiating. The family will receive visitors Monday from 9AM until time of service at the Howard funeral home.
[Note: She is buried next to her first husband, Ralph Sexton, and she shares a double gravestone with him. Her grave is marked Cleo Sexton even though she was Cleo Freeman at the time of her death.]
(Photo courtesy of Mary Lou Freeman Yoder)
Contributed on 6/23/13 by maxparnell
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