Pauline Prather Sexton of Auburn, AL was born to the late John Wesley and Cleo Prather on August 14, 1925 and passed away on June 15, 2018 after a brief stay in the Lafayette Nursing Home. She was 92 years young. Pauline was born and raised on a farm in Tallapoosa County and spent most of her formative years during the Great Depression. In 1941 she married her high school sweetheart, J. T. Sexton in Camp Hill, AL. Soon after the children were born, J. T. was drafted into the army and spent three years in the European Theater during World War II. The Great Depression and war years instilled in her the strength, perseverance and love she possessed for the rest of her life. After the war the Sextons moved to Opelika where she attended Central Baptist Church and was a long time employee of the Morris Snower Sewing room. After retirement she moved to Auburn where she loved to care for her home and yard. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband J. T., and her sister Virginia (Jack) Clark. She is survived by her sons Robert Thomas (Jane Lee) Sexton of Tucker, GA and Sidney Bibb (Jacquelyn) Sexton of Huntsville, AL; her grandchildren Robert Montgomery (Ashley) Sexton of Atlanta, GA, Jodie Sexton (Todd) Goff of Cohasset, MA, and Pamela Suzanne Sexton of Huntsville, AL; and two great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 from 1:00 p.m. until 1:45 p.m. in the Parlor at Frederick-Dean Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held in the Chapel at Frederick-Dean Funeral Home Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. with Chaplain Tyler Worthy officiating. Interment will follow at Garden Hills Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 from 1:00 p.m. until 1:45 p.m. in the Parlor at Frederick-Dean Funeral Home.