ON JANUARY 20, 2016, HEAVENLY FATHER WELCOMED MARY TO REST IN HIS LOVING ARMS.SERVICES ARE TO BE HELD SUNDAY,JANUARY 24 AT 2 P.M. IN THE ORANGE HILL CEMETERY IN HAWKINSVILLEWITH VISITATION BEGINNING AT 1 P.M. UNTIL SERVICE TIME WITH SAM CRENSHAW, JIM KERSEY, WILL SIMMONS, RANDY THOMPSON AND BISHOP ROBERT ASHCROFT OFFICIATING.
MARY RETIRED FROM TAYLOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL AFTER 41 YEARS OF SERVICE.SHE ALSO WAS A PROFESSIONAL SEAMSTRESS, GARDENER, DECORATOR AND COMEDIAN.SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN COCHRAN, GA.PRECEDING HER IN DEATH ARE HER HUSBAND, BILLY "BUZ" SAWYER; SON, VAN SAWYER, SISTER, VELMA McDUFFIE ROACH, MOTHER, MARY LOU FOWLER LEE KNIGHT; FATHER, VANCE LEE; BROTHER, VANCE RUSSELL LEE AND STEP-FATHER, SAM KNIGHT.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE DAUGHTERS, GAY SAWYER SIMMONS (DAVID), DENA VICTORIA SAWYER SHELTON (JOHN); GRANDCHILDREN, JAY SIMMONS (HARLEY), LEE ANNA SIMMONS, WILL SIMMONS; GREAT-GRANDCHILD, J. D. SIMMONS, III; NEPHEWS, VEL ROACH, MICHAEL McDUFFIE, GREG McDUFFIE, SONNY McDUFFIE; NEICES, SANDY McDUFFIE, MYLINDA SAWYER; COUSINS, CLAUDINE PITZER, JOANNE TRACY, CALAB TODD AND BILLY CARR; IN-LAWS, ROY ROACH, JACK SAWYER, JOHN SAWYER AND MARGE SAWYER. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A HOST OF FRIENDS.
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