Tanya Dee Sexton
”Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning” Psalm 30:5
Tanya Dee Sexton, 52, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, August 4, 2013, in Pittsburgh.
She was born August 30, 1960, in Altoona, a beloved daughter of Dolores A. Hickerson and Charles E. Sexton, who survive.
Miss Sexton, listed as a gifted student, graduated at the age of 16 from Altoona School District. She pursued and attained a bachelor of science degree in secondary education from Penn State University.
She pursued diversity initiatives in her professional work life, which included employment at 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.
Miss Sexton was an applauded vocalist at her church, Second Baptist Church of Rochester, where she was instrumental in the organization and training of several choral efforts on her own.
She 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 the Lord Jesus Christ and her family. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning” from Psalm 30:5 was a favorite passage.
Surviving, in addition to her devoted mother and father, are four brothers, Adam J. and Jared C. Sexton, Charles M. Hickerson and Douglas B. Walker; three cousins, Pearl, Sarah and Arminta McGee; and aunts and uncles Cheryl Sexton, the Rev. Willis Hickerson, Ernest (Connie) Hickerson and Dr. Robert (Otrie) Smith.
Deceased are her stepfather, the Rev. Charles M. Hickerson Sr., and sister Murphy Jane Hickerson.
Friends are welcome from 9 to 11 a.m., the time of the service, Saturday, August 10, in Second Baptist Church, Clay Street and Irvin Avenue, Rochester, 724-709-7850. Interment will be private in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Rochester.
To view or extend condolences, please visit www.salandrafunerals.com. Arrangements are entrusted to Salandra Funeral Service Inc., Joseph P. Salandra, owner/supervisor, 304 West Pike Street, Canonsburg, 724-745-8120.