Shailyn A Mehle

Shailyn Acacia Sexton Mehle

March 5, 1985 – February 8, 2025

Shailyn A. Sexton Mehle, 39 of Knoxville, formerly of Wartburg, Tennessee, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends. 

Shailyn was born and raised in Wartburg, TN and was the light of her nanny Opal and papaw Dave’s eye. Shailyn attended church at Caney Branch Baptist Church in Scutcheon with her papaw every Sunday as a child. She graduated c/o 2004 from Wartburg Central High School and went on to Roane State Community College and Tennessee School of Beauty. Shailyn had a very outgoing personality and was loved by anyone who meet her. She was a cheerleader in school and also a contestant in many beauty pageants. She could be very poetic and somewhat a hopeless romantic. Shailyn will be forever in the hearts of her family and friends. 

She was preceded in death by her mother Shirlene Farmer, Grandmother Opal Byrge McCann, Grandfather David Lee McCann, Grandparents Bart and Edna Sexton, step-brother Kenndal Henry and the love of her life Matthew Thornton and many other special relatives and friends who are gone but never forgotten. 

She is survived by her father Tinsley B. (Machelle) Sexton of Sunbright, TN, Grandfather Raymond (Wanda) Farmer of Caryville, TN. dearest sister Shanin (Walter “Bo”) Nichols of Kingston, TN and brother Brad Sexton. Children, Taleea Brooke Landrum of Alcoa, TN, London Alexandria Wright of Wartburg, TN and Kaydence Allison of Rockwood, TN. James E. Wright of Wartburg, TN, Tinsley Allison of Rockwood, TN and Jaxon Thornton of Mt. Juliet, TN. Uncles Thomas Sexton of Wartburg, TN, and Uncle Danny (Tracie) Farmer of Lancing, TN, and Aunt Betty (Jim) Francisco. Nieces and Nephews Matilyn Mehle, Anaken Nichols, Gavin Crady, Kendall Abston, Paislee Abston. 

Shailyn’s family has chosen cremation. The family will have a Celebration of Life at a later date. 

Schubert Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Shailyn A. Sexton Mehle.