Opal Sexton Hamilton, 99, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015 at her home.

Born January 18, 1916 in Nicholas County, she was a daughter of the late James Catesby & Gertrude Ann Waugh Cartmill, was a retired employee of Jockey International, a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Marie Chapter, and devoted member of the First Baptist Church of Carlisle, where she was active for many years teaching Sunday School and singing in the choir.

Left to cherish Opal's memory are her 3 sons: Ronnie (Janice) Sexton, Doug (Missy) Sexton, of Carlisle, and Jack Sexton, of Paris; 5 daughters: Emma Williams, of Lexington, Nancy Bussell, Betty (Thrashley) Markland, Patricia (Donald) Markland, of Carlisle, and Judy (Harry) Harp, of Paris; 2 sisters: Gladys Gifford, of Carlisle, and Adeline Paulin, of Stillwater, Oklahoma; 21 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, 17 great-great grandchildren, and 3 special friends, Faye Letcher, Gene Kelley and Allen Ray Sparks, and a very special friend, Leslie Clark.

Also preceding her in death were two husbands, Roy Sexton and Albert Hamilton; a son, William "Bus" Sexton; 4 step-sons: Roy, Jr., Everett Thomas, J.G. and Charles Sexton; 4 brothers: John William, J.C., Morrow and Roy Cartmill; a sister, Dorothy Gill; 2 grandsons: Ronnie Sexton, Jr. and Jack Sexton, Jr., and a great-granddaughter, Chelsea Denise Markland.

Services will be 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at the First Baptist Church of Carlisle with burial to follow in the Carlisle Cemetery.

Visitation will be after 5:00 P.M. Tuesday at the church with an Eastern Star service to be conducted at 7:00 P.M.

First Baptist Church of Carlisle
345 North Locust Street, Carlisle, KY 40311,
Tel: 859-289-5293
Web: www.fbccarlisle.info