Crusie Sexton

Reuben Caruso “Crusie” Sexton (1894-1936) was a Scott County man who created the famous Helenwood Devil.

Biography

Born Sept. 22, 1894, in Scott County, Crusie Sexton was the son of William Charley “Bill” Sexton (1869-1912) and Eldora Jeffers (1876-1965). His siblings included Lemona Sexton Duncan (1892-1954), Bess Sexton (1896-1914), Fred C. Sexton (1899-1919), James “Frank” Sexton (1901-1981), Morris Schofield Sexton (1904-1985), Uzziel Sexton (1907-1942), and Doc “D.L.” Sexton (1909-1994).

Sexton was a nephew of Scott County Sheriff Gilbert Sexton. His third-great-grandfather was Revolutionary War veteran Timothy Sexton, one of the first settlers of present-day Scott County.

Sexton married Sibyl Robinson on Dec. 30, 1921. They divorced on June 10, 1927, in Michigan. Sexton married Stella Craig (1913-1999), from Anderson County, Tenn., on Dec. 15, 1934.

Death

Sexton died in Oneida on June 16, 1936, at age 41. Dr. M.E. Thompson wrote on the death certificate that Sexton was unconscious when he arrived, and that the cause of death was undetermined.

Sexton was buried at Sexton Memorial Cemetery in the Paint Rock community.

Stella Craig Sexton remarried to Thurman Murray.