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DATE: Sunday, October 1, 1995                TAG: 9510010014
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CARRSVILLE                         LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

DOROTHY S. SAWYER

Dorothy Sever Sawyer, 67, of the 8200 block of Old Myrtle Road, died Sept. 30, 1995, in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Mrs. Sawyer, a homemaker, was born in Norfolk. She was a member of the Southeast Virginia Dressage Association.

Survivors include her husband, James W. Sawyer; two daughters, Elise E. Sawyer of Carrsville, and Judy S. Cahalan of Norfolk; one sister, Caroline Sever of Virginia Beach; and three grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents, Matilda Volke Sever and James Albert Sever.

A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Isle of Wight, Va., by the Rev. Steve Bradshaw. The family will receive friends at the home, 8254 Old Myrtle Road, Suffolk. Memorial donations may be made to the Windsor Rescue Squad, Windsor, Va. 23487. Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home, Suffolk, in charge.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB