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Submitted: 2/9/10 • Approved: 2/28/18 • Last Updated: 3/3/18 • R287778-G287778-S3
Ollie
Dec 27, 1891 - May 29, 1969
Ethel
June 15, 1897 - May 24, 1967
"Ollie Holdman Sawyer, 77, of McGehee, was killed at noon Friday when his car was struck by a pickup truck at the intersection of Highway 65 and Highway 4 in McGehee. State Police reported that Mr. Sawyer drove into the intersection from the driveway of a gasoline service station and pulled into the path of a pickup driven by Toplin Effort of Greenville, Miss. Mr. Sawyer was killed instantly. Mr. Effort was not injured. A retired building contractor, Mr. Sawyer had resided in McGehee since 1933. He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church. A veteran of World War I, he was a member of the American Legion. Suriviving are a son, George Sawyer of McGehee; three daughters, Mrs. Pauline Harper of Star City, Mrs. Aileen Hunt of Mobile, Ala., and Mrs. Dean Skipper of Niceville, Fla., a brother, G.T. Sawyer of McGehee; a sister, Mrs. George Bellott of El Dorado, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Assembly of God Church by Rev. Debrell Helton. Burial was in McGehee Cemetery by Dyer Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Thad Dunnahoe, E.J. Smith, Roy Carr, Pratt Williams, Pete Rowe, and J.D. Price."
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