Frances Sexton

Our beautiful and compassionate mother, Frances "Joy" Mayfield Johnson Sexton, peacefully passed from this life into the arms of her savior on Wednesday, December 18, 2019. She was 86 years of age. She grew up in Sodville Texas which was a small farming community situated between Odem, Sinton and Taft, Texas. She attended and graduated from Sinton High School in 1949. She had 3 brothers and 4 sisters. After marriage in 1955 to Murray Lee Johnson, she worked as the Director of Medical Records at Memorial Hospital on Morgan Avenue. She eventually became an insurance agent owning and operating Annaville Insurance Agency for a brief period of time. Although she traveled extensively, Corpus Christi, Texas was always her home her entire adult life. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Murray Lee Johnson in 1983, and her second husband, Kenneth Thomas Sexton in 2000. She leaves to cherish her memories one daughter, Kimberly Kay Johnson Wilson and her spouse Stanley E Wilson; one son and daughter in law, Randall Murray Johnson and Dawn Hofmeister Johnson. 4 grandchildren, Krista L Wilson Chaapel of Katy, Texas and her spouse, Jeffrey Chaapel, Jeremy S Wilson of Corpus Christi Texas and his spouse Nancy Reneau Wilson, Valerie K Wilson Goldsmith of Katy, Texas and her spouse Ricky Goldsmith; Vanessa Joy Johnson Shirey of Waco and her spouse, Kristopher Shirey. And lastly a lineage of 14 great grandchildren: Ethan Chaapel, Madeleine Chaapel, Matthew Chaapel, Ella Chaapel, Heidi Wilson, Hanna Wilson, Audra Goldsmith, Charlotte Goldsmith, Caroline Goldsmith, Kaleb Shirey, Aidan Shirey, Kole Shirey, Mason Shirey, and Harlow Shirey. Graveside funeral services will be on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. at Memory Gardens Cemetery with Pastor Darryl Smith officiating.