Sawyer, Irene Smith
Passed: 1989-11-16
Age: 86
Source: Jackson Herald
Death Notice: 1989-11-20
Obituary Date:
Information: Mrs. Irene Smith Sawyer, 86, of Clearwater, Fla., formerly of Charleston, died Nov. 16, 1989, at General Division, CAMC, after a long illness. She was the sister of Alice Shinn of Ripley. She was a graduate of Morris Harvey College and Columbia University. She taught in Jackson and Kanawha county schools, Long Island University and Morris Harvey College. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Charleston, Peace Presbyterian Church, Clearwater and Alpha Omicron Pi social sorority, Delta Kappa Gamma teachers' sorority and American Association of University Women. Also surviving: husbnd, Haydn P. Sawyer; brother, Chester Clare Smith of Charleston; sister, Texie Smith of Charleston. Memorial service was Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church Chapel, Charleston. The body has been cremated. The family requests contributions to a charity of choice. Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.