NAME: CATHERINE (TAYLOR) SEXTON, AGE 78, LONGTIME CANEY-ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 28, 1925 AT FINLEY, OK TO ARCHIBALD AND LENA (NOAH) TAYLOR.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 78 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 1 DAY.

EDUCATION: CATHERINE ATTENDED THE GOODLAND INDIAN SCHOOL IN HUGO, OK.

MARRIED: DANIEL SEXTON ON AUGUST 7, 1945 AT ANTLERS, OK.

OCCUPATION: DURING WORLD WAR LL SHE WORKED AS A RIVET GIRL BUILDING AIRCRAFT AT DOUGLAS FIELD (NOW KNOWN AS TINKER AIR FORCE BASE). SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER ALONG WITH HELPING HER HUSBAND DAN IN THE MINISTRY.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE PINE GROVE INDIAN METHODIST CHURCH AT LANE, OK.

SURVIVED BY

SONS: DANIEL TERRY SEXTON OF SHERMAN, TX. MICHAEL SEXTON AND WIFE BARBARA OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

DAUGHTERS: LENA MATURINO OF CANEY, OK. CLETA MATA AND HUSBAND LOLE OF JOPLIN, MO.

GRANDCHILDREN: ANGELA JUNCO AND HUSBAND CARLOS , TERRI REDE AND HUSBAND JESSE, DEBBIE SEXTON AND HUSBAND HECTOR DELGADO, CARLA PORTER AND HUSBAND MATT, STEVEN SEXTON, ALICIA SEXTON, TINA REITZ AND HUSBAND PHILLIP, VICTORIA MATURINO, JEANETTA MARTINEZ AND HUSBAND ANTONIO, MIKEY MATA, AND TONYA MATA.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JAMES MATURINO, JUNIOR MATURINO, HUGO MATURINO, MARCO MATURINO, CELO MATURINO, ASHLEY ACOSTA, BRITTANY MATA, ANGEL ACOSTA, JESSE REDE JR., JOSEPH MARTINEZ, ANDREW SEXTON, SEQUOYAH FIXICO, THOMAS RANGEL, ELIJAH PORTER SEXTON, ENRIQUE ACOSTA, JESUS CORDONA, ERIKA TORRES, PHILLIP REITZ JR.

BROTHERS: JOSEPH TAYLOR AND WIFE HELEN OF BROKEN BOW, OK. WAYLAN NELSON AND WIFE NELL, OKLAHOMA CITY.

SISTER: LUCILLE UNDERWOOD OF ANTLERS, OK.

BROTHERS-IN-LAW: ISAAC, JOSH, AND TIM SEXTON

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: DANIEL SEXTON ON JULY 8, 2003. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: CATHERINE FIXICO. PARENTS: ARCHIBALD AND LENA NOAH TAYLOR. SISTER: RHODA NOTAH.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: BUFFALO CREEK CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID WILSON. ASSISTING: REV. ANITA PHILLIPS AND LEE WATKINS.

CASKETBEARERS: PHILLIP REITZ, ANTONIO MARTINEZ, STEVEN SEXTON, BRITTANY MATA, HUGO MATURINO, DAVID GREENWOOD, MARCO MATURINO.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ISAAC SEXTON, JOSH SEXTON, TIM SEXTON, LOLE MATA, JOHNNY PERRY.