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Patricia A. Sawyer

July 3, 1947 February 20, 2025
Patricia A. Sawyer
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Obituary for Patricia A. Sawyer

Patricia A. Sawyer, 77, of Chocowinity, NC, passed away at River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Washington, NC.


Patricia was born in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Charles J. Sanders, Sr. and Dolores L. Sanders and was preceded in death by her husband Murrell "Tom" Sawyer, Sr.; brothers, Charles Sanders, Jr. and Douglas Sanders.  


In  1973 Pat and her husband, Tom, moved to Creswell and raised three children.  In the early years Pat was a homemaker.  Later she worked as a manager at Winn Dixie.  In 1992, after the death of her husband, Pat moved back to Maryland to be close to her parents and siblings.  She remarried to Russ Smeak and worked at Vertis Inc. as a Payroll Specialist until she retired.  In 2020 Pat moved back to North Carolina to live with her daughter, Rachel.  


She enjoyed shopping, going on cruises and visiting new places on vacation, hosting cookouts for her family and doing holiday dinners for family watching TV.


She is survived by her daughter, Rachel Gardner and husband Terry of Chocowinity, NC; sons, Brian Sawyer and wife Rene' of Edenton, NC and Tom Sawyer and wife Tiffany of Vero Beach, FL; sister, Pamela Lubaszewski and husband Bob of Linthicum Heights, MD; brother, William Sanders and wife Beth of Elkridge, MD, and many nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great grandchildren.


Funeral service will be held Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Hermon Methodist Church in Creswell, NC with Reverend Lee Wise officiating.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  Family will receive friends at the graveside following the burial.


Arrangements are by Maitland Funeral Home, Creswell.

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