Sayre, Anna May Bennett

Passed: 1998-12-19

Age: 103

Source: Charleston Daily Mail

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1998-12-21

Information: Anna May Bennett Sayre, 103, of Nitro died Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998 at home after a short illness.  She was a Protestant, a 23-year resident of Nitro and one of the original Homesteaders of Eleanor.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Isaac Allen Sayre.  Surviving:  daughters, Pauline Barnette of Melbourne, Fla., Jeanette Winter of Nitro, Maxine Witt of Red House; sons, Franklin of Dunbar, Warren of Nitro, Donald of Eleanor, Lawrence of St. Albans; 26 grandchildren; 55 great-grandchildren; 29 great-great-grandchildren.  Service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Raynes Funeral Home, Buffalo, with the Rev. Billy Lanham and the Rev. Bruce Young officiating.  Burial will be in Blaine Memorial Cemetery, Cottageville.  Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.  The family suggests donations be sent to Kanawha Hospice Care.