Dariah Elaine Sexton

Minister Dariah Elaine Winn Sexton was born March 5, 1961, to Laura Etta Jackson and Eddie Ray Milton in Magee, Mississippi. On Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at the age of 58, Dariah Sexton departed the dead and entered into the living at Memorial Hospital, Gulfport, Mississippi. Though born in Magee, Mississippi, Dariah grew up in the Hawpond Community and attended McLaurin Elementary, Junior High and High School in Magee, Mississippi.

After moving to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the early 1980s, she became a member of Main Street Missionary Baptist Church where she served for several years. She later became a member of People Mission Baptist Church and became a licensed minister, director of praise dancing, and a Sunday School teacher. Always an active member of People Mission, she served the Lord with her melodious voice and by leading the children through the Youth Ministry. "Something that brought joy to her life," was her love of taking care of children and teaching them about the Lord. Dariah's passion in life was demonstrated daily through her work as an in-home day care provider.

She leaves to cherish her memory: husband, Phillip Sexton; son, Aaron (Andrea) Winn; daughter, Shonda (Reginald) Scott; grandchildren, DeAndre, Jamari, Samyra, Marley, and Reginae; three sisters, Linda Joyce (Ervin) Bullock of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Gwendolyn Jackson of Gulfport Mississippi, and Laura Hubbard of Gulfport, Mississippi; five brothers, Robert Winn of Jackson, Mississippi, Mark (Brenda) Winn of Pinola, Mississippi, Tony (Crystal) Jackson of Memphis, Tennessee, John Jackson of Magee, Mississippi, and Merkle Dobbins of Gulfport, Mississippi; 15 half-brothers and sisters, Debra Milton, Rosie Milton, Lutricia Augusteen, Tracy Parker, Gerald, Sr., Billy Milton, Gordon, Lamond Owens, Steven Durr, Anthony Milton, Eddie Milton, and Todd Berry; two aunts, Bertha Winn of Greenville, Mississippi, and Theola Winn of Jackson, Mississippi; two uncles, Rev. Jerry (Vickie) Winn of Braxton, Mississippi, and Vernon (Pamela) Winn of Magee, Mississippi; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

She was preceded in death by son, Dracey Winn; her parents, Mrs. Laura Etta Jackson and Mr. Eddie Ray Milton; brother, Curtis O'Neal Jackson Junior, III; sister, Cindy Alicia Dobbins; and two half-brothers, Willie Milton and Earl Milton, Sr.