Mary Catherine Sawyer

Mary Catherine Sawyer, age 91, of Deport, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Clarksville, Texas.

Visitation will be on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Wood-Haggard Funeral Home – Deport, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. and the funeral service will be on Saturday, May 6, at 10:00 a.m. 

Mary was born on December 8, 1931, in Borger, Texas, to Andrew and Mary (Slater) Hill. She was a member of the Methodist Church in Deport, Texas, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mary also had a great interest in genealogy.

After graduating high school at Dalhart, Texas, Mary worked on the family farm for a number of years before attending Texas Tech University where she graduated with a bachelors degree in business administration.

In 1963 she married Edmond Sawyer who passed away in 1995.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and brothers, Ray, and Don Hill.

Survivors include her children; Slater Sawyer of Deport, Texas, Anthony Sawyer and wife Dawn of Taylortown, Texas, and Maronda Evans of Clarksville, Texas; grandchildren; Eric Sawyer, Laura Tabangcora and husband Harvey, Tony Sawyer, Andrew Sawyer and wife Kati, Amanda Sawyer, Hunter Evans, and Timberly Evans; great-grandchildren, Braeden, Blake, and Owen Tabangcora, Caleb, Madi, and Hadley Sawyer, Symeon and Andrew Terrence Sawyer.

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