Dianna Joan Sexton Sutherland, age 86, of the Reynoldsburg and Pickerington areas passed away at Mount Carmel Hospital in Columbus, Ohio on January 27, 2024, due to complications from surgery. She was born May 3, 1937 in Hitchins, Kentucky to the late Juanita Stephens Sexton Rucker, and Charles Sexton. Dianna was a member of the Hitchins High School Class of 1955 and a proud Hitchins Tiger.
Dianna is survived by her three daughters, Kym (Tom) Hamilton, Westerville, Ohio, Juli (David) Sinnett, Cotuit, MA, Leslie (Tom) Wetmore of Pickerington, OH; beloved grandsons, Thomas (Katie), Spencer (Madison Iseman), and Hayden Wetmore, Chase and Brice Sinnett; great grandchildren, Harper and Thomas Wetmore III; cousins, aunts, nieces and nephews, and a host of wonderful friends. She was preceded in death by Roy, her loving husband of almost 51 years and her mother and best friend, Juanita Stephens Sexton Rucker, (Nana), and father Charles Sexton.
Dianna attended University of Kentucky, Lexington for one year and then got married and moved to Charleston, SC, where her husband was stationed in the US Navy. After the Navy they moved to Cincinnati for a short time and then to Shelby, OH, then to Columbus, finally settling the family in Reynoldsburg. Dianna always wanted to be a wife and mother and she had a happy life being both.
Dianna loved the Lord and lived out her faith by example in her devotion to her family. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, niece, and cousin, and was a best friend to everyone who knew her. She was known by all for her warm and inviting nature and her slight sweet, southern accent. Dianna loved gatherings with friends and family, she loved basketball, sweet tea, all holidays, but especially Christmas and she loved her church. She attended and was very active in Reynoldsburg Baptist Church, serving on many committees and also serving as a Sunday school teacher, and enjoyed volunteering at the Stowe Center. She loved cooking, had a catering business with Lois Talbert, and in her later years when she no longer did much cooking, she still liked to collect recipes.
Friends may visit from 5 to 7 pm Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at the Dwayne R Spence Funeral Home, 550 Hill Rd. N., (State Route #256), Pickerington, OH. There will also be a visitation at the church from 10-11 am Wednesday, February 7, prior to the funeral service which will begin at 11 am at the Reynoldsburg Baptist Church, 887 Rosehill Rd., Reynoldsburg, OH, 43068, with Pastor Greg Savage officiating. Interment will follow at Glen Rest Memorial Estate.
Contributions can be made to the American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org) or Reynoldsburg Baptist Church in Dianna‘s memory. Online condolences may be sent to the family at http://www.spencefuneralhome.com
The family wishes to extend a special thank you to friends Lois Talbert and family, Joann Gray, the caring and gracious staff at Mt Carmel East Hospital, Wesley Ridge Retirement Facility in Parkside, Barnes and Bishop Place. We would also like to thank everyone for the visits, cards, phone calls, flowers and messages.
Dianna will be greatly missed by many.
Services
VISITATION
Tuesday
February 6, 2024
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Home
550 Hill Rd. N
Pickerington, OH 43147
VISITATION
Wednesday
February 7, 2024
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Reynoldsburg Baptist Church
887 Rosehill Road
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
SERVICE
Wednesday
February 7, 2024
11:00 AM to TBD
Reynoldsburg Baptist Church
887 Rosehill Road
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
CEMETERY
Glen Rest Memorial Estate
8029 East Main St.
Reynoldsburg , OH 43068
