Margaret Sexton Ballew

Asheville Margaret Mae Cordell Sexton Ballew, 78, of Asheville, passed away Monday, December 18, 2006 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. She was born April 8, 1928 in Buncombe County to the late John Henry and Jensie Mae Baker Cordell. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Jackie Jack Ballew; four brothers, Porter, Joe, Dewey and Jim Cordell. Surviving are her seven children, Chuck Sexton of Asheville, Hedley Sexton, III and wife, Charlotte of Eugene, OR, Gary Sexton and wife, Wanda of Black Mountain, Ruth Moore and husband, Cliff of Asheville, Carolyn Bustle and husband, Rick of Weaverville, Kay Coyne and husband, Edward of Enka and Ray Ballew of Lenoir; ten grandchildren, Chuck Sexton, Jr., Christine Yoshimura and husband, Jon, Zeke Sexton, Brian Sexton, Kimberley Richardson and husband, Brian, Jeremy Moore, Christopher Moore and wife, Annie, Derek Moore, Brandon Bustle and Jensie Coyne; one great grand daughter, Isabella Yoshimura; brothers, Charlie Cordell and wife, Helen of Fletcher and Billy Cordell of Leicester. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Thursday in the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home, with the Rev. Clarence Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in the Bent Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 PM Wednesday at the funeral home. Proverbs 31: Her children arise up, and call her blessed. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of hands: and let her own works praise her in the gates.