Tanya Dee Sexton
"Weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning"
Psalm 30:5
Tanya Dee Sexton age 52, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, August 4, 2013 in Pittsburgh, PA. She was born August 30, 1960 in Altoona, PA. She was the beloved daughter of Dolores A. Hickerson and Charles E. Sexton.
Tanya, listed as a gifted student, graduated at the age of sixteen from Altoona School District. She pursued and attained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education from Penn State University.
Tanya pursued diversity initiatives in her professional work life which included employment at the Penn State Beaver Campus as the Director of Minority Programs; US Airways as a Diversity Training Analyst and Price Waterhouse Coopers Inc. as the Northeast Market Diversity Strategist Consultant.
Tanya was an applauded vocalist at her church, the Second Baptist Church of Rochester where she was instrumental in the organization and training of several choral efforts on her own.
Tanya was a "people person" who had many loving friends and acquaintances. She loved to make someone's life a little better, but her greatest love was for our Lord Jesus Christ and her family.
She is survived by her devoted mother and father, four brothers: Adam J. and Jared C. Sexton, Charles M. Hickerson, Douglas B. Walker, three cousins; Pearl, Sarah and Arminta McGee, aunts and uncles; Cheryl Sexton, Reverends Willis Hickerson, Ernest (Connie) Hickerson, Drs. Robert (Otrie) Smith.
Deceased are her step-father Reverend Charles M. Hickerson, Sr. and her sister Murphy Jane Hickerson.
Friends are welcome from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM the time of the service Saturday, August 10, 2013 in Second Baptist Church, Clay Street and Irvin Avenue, Rochester, PA (724) 709-7850. Interment will be private at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park. To view or extend condolences please visit www.salandrafunerals.com.
"Weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning"
Psalm 30:5
Tanya Dee Sexton age 52, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, August 4, 2013 in Pittsburgh, PA. She was born August 30, 1960 in Altoona, PA. She was the beloved daughter of Dolores A. Hickerson and Charles E. Sexton.
Tanya, listed as a gifted student, graduated at the age of sixteen from Altoona School District. She pursued and attained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education from Penn State University.
Tanya pursued diversity initiatives in her professional work life which included employment at the Penn State Beaver Campus as the Director of Minority Programs; US Airways as a Diversity Training Analyst and Price Waterhouse Coopers Inc. as the Northeast Market Diversity Strategist Consultant.
Tanya was an applauded vocalist at her church, the Second Baptist Church of Rochester where she was instrumental in the organization and training of several choral efforts on her own.
Tanya was a "people person" who had many loving friends and acquaintances. She loved to make someone's life a little better, but her greatest love was for our Lord Jesus Christ and her family.
She is survived by her devoted mother and father, four brothers: Adam J. and Jared C. Sexton, Charles M. Hickerson, Douglas B. Walker, three cousins; Pearl, Sarah and Arminta McGee, aunts and uncles; Cheryl Sexton, Reverends Willis Hickerson, Ernest (Connie) Hickerson, Drs. Robert (Otrie) Smith.
Deceased are her step-father Reverend Charles M. Hickerson, Sr. and her sister Murphy Jane Hickerson.
Friends are welcome from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM the time of the service Saturday, August 10, 2013 in Second Baptist Church, Clay Street and Irvin Avenue, Rochester, PA (724) 709-7850. Interment will be private at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park. To view or extend condolences please visit www.salandrafunerals.com.
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