Willie Mae Carter Sawyer

June 22, 1934 - February 12, 2021

Willie Mae Carter Sawyer, 86, of Salisbury, passed away Friday, February 12, 2021 at the Laurels of Salisbury. Born June 22, 1934 in Union County, she was the daughter of the late Gertie Helms Carter Clontz and Robert Lee Carter. Mrs. Sawyer was educated in the Union County schools and was employed for R. W. Norman’s of Salisbury. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women and attended Landmark Church. Family was everything to her and loved her grandchildren, enjoyed gardening, traveling and camping in her younger years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Earl O. Sawyer on April 5, 2016; siblings, Margaret Carter Greene, Boyce Carter, Hurley Clontz, Donnie Clontz and Frances Clontz Howard. Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Robert Douglas Sawyer and wife Sandy of Salisbury, Jill Bost of Salisbury, and Debra Shoaf and husband Kenneth of Salisbury; grandchildren, Robert Douglas Sawyer, Jr. of Salisbury and Lauren Brooke Swicegood of High Point. The family will speak to friends from Noon until 1 PM Friday (Feb. 19) at Landmark Church followed by the service at 1 PM with Rev. Randy Foster, minister of Tyro United Methodist Church officiating. Entombment will follow at Rowan Memorial Park. Due to COVID-19 mask and social distancing are required. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Novant Health Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House, 1229 Statesville Blvd., Salisbury, NC 28144 or Alzheimers Association, Western Carolina Carolina Chapter, 4600 Park Rd., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209. Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Sawyer family. Online condolences may be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.