Peggy Wingo Sawyer

Peggy W. Sawyer, age 58, passed away at home on Christmas night after a six-month battle with ovarian cancer. She will be a Christmas present for the angels. Peggy's life was devoted to serving others. As an Army wife of 30 years, she loved the involvement and caring for spouses and their children at locations through the world and served as a role model to all. She was President of military spouse's clubs and command support groups at Ft. Knox, Ft. Hood, and Ft. Sam Houston and a member of the San Antonio Military and Civilian Wives club. She served at numerous Boy and Girl Scout organizational positions, was a member and advisor of the councils of many local charities and religious organizations, and was a member and Elder of San Pedro Presbyterian Church. She devoted years of service as President of the Lions Field Council and President of the San Antonio Rotary Club - West. After graduation from North Georgia College, she became a devoted teacher at schools throughout the US and overseas, and later completed graduate work in Gerontology at The University of the Incarnate Word, finding her true passion by working with the senior retired military community at The Air Force Villages. At the time of her death, she was the Executive Director at Air Force Village II. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Wingo; her brothers, Paul and Joe Wingo; and sisters, Pam Jackson and LuRee Hughes, all from Georgia, survive her. She is also survived by her husband, Col Jim Sawyer, Ret.; daughters, Mrs. Suzanne Tapp of Lubbock, and Mrs. Jennifer Clary of Dallas; son, Mr. Chip Sawyer of Houston; and two loving grandchildren, Macy Tapp and Spencer Sawyer.