

  <p>Sayre, Orville</p>
  <p>Passed: 1992-03-17</p>
  <p>Age: 88</p>


  <p>Source: Jackson Herald</p>

  <p>Death Notice: </p>

  <p>Obituary Date: 1992-03-18</p>
  <p>Information:           Orville Sayre, 88, Ripley businessman for over a half century, died Tuesday, March 17, 1992, at Ravenswood Care Center following a long illness.  He was the owner of the Ripley Garage Chrysler dealership for 53 years and was one of the first Nationwide Insurance agents in the county.  He was born Jan. 7, 1904, in Evans, a son of the late Enoch Jefferson and Mary Elizabeth Reynolds Sayre.  He was a member of the Otterbein Methodist Church.  He was a World War II veteran, serving in the 5565th Heavy Ordnance Division.  He was instrumental in moving the annual veterans reunion of that division to Ripley at McCoys Motor Lodge where the veterans gathered for weekend visits each summer.  Survivors include his wife, Virginia Sayre,; two daughters, Luemma Sayre Williams of Dayton, Ohio, and Marjorie Sayre Casto of Evans.  He was preceded in death by two brothers, Fred Sayre and Dorsel Sayre.  Funeral services will be held at Parsons Funeral Home, Thursday, March 19, 11 a.m. with interment at Otterbein Cemetery at Evans.  The Rev. William McMorran will officiate the service.  Friends may call Wednesday at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. </p>


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