Robert Elvis Sawyer (1926 - 1978)

Born 7 Jan 1926 in Mount Calm, Hill, Texas, United States

Husband of Rosa Vee (Haymon) Thompson — married 23 Oct 1954 (to 29 Jul 1969) in Galveston, Texas, United States

Died 8 Jan 1978 at age 52 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States

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Biography

Burial

Hayes Grace Memorial Park, Hitchcock, Galveston County, Texas, USA ^[1]

Obituary

Robert E. Sawyer

DICKINSON - Robert E. Sawyer, 51, of 431 Sunset, died 5:30 am Sunday in John Sealy Hospital in Galveston'

Funeral Services will be held at 2 pm today at Jack Rowe Funeral Home in League City with the Rev. Leslie Wells officiating.

Burial will be in Grace Memorial Park Cemetery in Alta Loma.

Mr. Sawyer was born Jan. 7, 1926, in Texas.

He was an operator for Union Carbide in Texas City, a member of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 347 of Texas City, a veteran of World War II in the U.S. Army and a Dickinson resident for the past five, years.

Survivors include two sons, Ronnie Sawyer and Rodney Sawyer, both of Dickinson; a daughter, Rhond a Sawyer of Dickinson; his mother, Mrs. Myrl Sawyer of Mt. Cairn, Texas; three brothers, John Sawyer of Dickinson, James Sawyer of Houston and Bill Sawyer of Whitney, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Gwen Baker of Mt. Calm, Texas; and a grandchild.

Pallbearers will be Jackie Edwards, James Sawyer, Bubba Beckner, David Baker, Gary Sawyer and C. E. Moore.

Jan 9 1978 Galveston Daily News

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115415965/robert-elvis-sawyer: accessed 01 September 2022), memorial page for Robert Elvis “Bob” Sawyer (7 Jan 1926–8 Jan 1978), Find A Grave: Memorial #115415965, citing Hayes Grace Memorial Park, Hitchcock, Galveston County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Floyd Lanny Martin (contributor 47610184) .

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CMJR-9N2 : accessed 1 September 2022), Bobbie Sawyer in household of Roy Sawyer, Precinct 5, Hill, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 11A, line 45, family 221, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2357; FHL microfilm 2,342,091.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWKR-X2M : accessed 1 September 2022), Bobbie Sawyer in household of Roy Sawyer, Justice Precinct 5, Hill, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109-28, sheet 17A, line 19, family 338, NARA microfilm publication T627 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).

• "Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2010," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYDY-ZFX : 12 December 2014), Robert E Sawyer and Rose L Sawyer, 29 Jul 1969; from "Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2011," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Galveston, Texas, United States, certificate number 022724, Texas Department of State Health Services.

• "Texas Deaths, 1977-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS8K-WHR : 23 February 2021), Robert Sawyer, 08 Jan 1978; citing Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States, 02342, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Austin; .