Evelyn Marie Adams Sawyer

1918 - 2011

Evelyn Sawyer, 93, of Cantonment, passed away peacefully on August 10, 2011. A resident of Pensacola for over 50 years, she is the loving and adored mother of three daughters; Ellon Garrett of Cantonment, Mary Ann Foster of Jupiter, Florida, and Barbara Beck of Pensacola. She has two granddaughters, two grandsons, and seven great grandchildren, including two sets of twins.

Evelyn was born in Reader, Arkansas in 1918, and was the youngest of six children. She married her childhood sweetheart, Archie, who became a career Naval Aviator in 1941. Their military assignments afforded them the opportunity to live in many interesting locations, and they became permanent Pensacola residents upon his retirement in 1957. He became a successful homebuilder in Pensacola, and together they built their family home on 20 acres in Cantonment and raised their family.

Following Archie’s death in 2000, Evelyn continued to take great pride in maintaining the family home and showed a great talent for tending her gardens and growing exotic flowers. She was an exceptional wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and will be dearly missed.

Visitations will be held at 12 Noon, Sunday, August 14, 2011, in the Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel at 3351 Scenic Highway, Pensacola, with funeral services to be held at 2:00PM. Burial will follow at the Pensacola Memorial Gardens on Pine Forest Road.

Arrangements under the direction of Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel, Pensacola, FL.