The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, January 11, 1995            TAG: 9501110351
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

JOAN E. SAWYER

Joan E. Sawyer, 58, of the 3600 block of Pamlico Circle, died Jan. 9, 1995, in Norfolk.

Mrs. Sawyer was born in National Park, N.J., and was a member of Gateway Christian Church. She was employed with Colonial Daycare.

Survivors include her husband, Robert S. Sawyer; a daughter, Bobbie Hudson of Virginia Beach; a son, John Tighe of Deptford, N.J.; three sisters, Elaine Lerwergowski of Nassau, Fla., Alice Dick of Glouster, N.J., and Frank Griscom of Bangor, Maine; two brothers, Don McGee and James McGee, both of Glouster, N.J.; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a friend, Sandy Powers of Norfolk.

Services are private. Burial will be in Engleton Cemetery, Clarksboro, N.J. Altmeyer Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB