Obituary of Jonathan Sawyer

Powells Point, N. C. Jonathan ‘John’ Boutton Sawyer, Sr., age 88, of 100 Sawyers Lane Powells Point, N. C., died Saturday July 17, 2004 at his residence. Mr. Sawyer was born in Beaufort County, N. C. and was the son of the late James Lloyd and Mary Ellen Wallace Sawyer. He was preceded in death by his wife Mildred Wallace Sawyer on January 21, 2000, one son Johnny Sawyer and one granddaughter Jennifer G. Wood. Mr. Sawyer was a veteran of the U. S. Navy serving during World War II, a member of the Jarvisburg Church of Christ, and the retired owner and manager of North River Orchard. Survivors include three daughters; Alma S. Forbes of Powells Point, N. C. , Susan S. Tillman and her husband Lamar of King, N. C. and Anne S. Banks and her husband Aubrey of Winston-Salem, N. C., ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren, and one brother William Lloyd Sawyer of Mt. Holly, N. C. A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 11:00 A. M. at the Jarvisburg Church of Christ with Dennis Crehan and Lamar Tillman officiating. Burial will follow at the Jarvisburg Church of Christ Cemetery on Fisher’s Road. Military rites will be rendered by the V. F. W. Post # 6060 honor guard unit of Elizabeth City, N. C. His grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will join friends Tuesday morning from 9:45 A. M. until the funeral hour at the Jarvisburg Church of Christ and other times at his home. Twiford Funeral Home 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, N. C. is serving the Sawyer Family. To sign the online register visit www.twifordfh.com.