Hettie M. Sawyer

6/13/1933 – 9/5/2023

Hettie McKenzie Sawyer, 90 of Sandy Hook, Mississippi passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2023 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She was born and lived the duration of her entire life on her family hill in the Improve Community.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, September 7, 2023 from 10:00 AM until service time at 3:00 PM at Carson Springs Baptist Church in 10 Thad Road, Sandy Hook, Mississippi. Burial will follow in Carson Springs Cemetery in Sandy Hook, Mississippi. Bro. Carl Dickens and Bro. Archie Herrin will officiate. Capps Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

She was a housewife and care giver for her family and a longtime member of Carson Springs Church. Always willing to cook anytime it was needed for anyone in the community. She was known for her cornbread dressing, german chocolate cake and coconut cake. She was a beautiful lady inside and out. She loved the Lord, her family, and her church family. Knowing she is with the Lord and those she loved makes her going home so much easier.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years Ben Sawyer, Jr.; her parents Recie and Francis McKenzie; two sisters Esie (Nathan) Lott and Hilda (Fred) Fortenberry.

Survivors include her daughter Gwendolyn Sawyer; special nieces Mary Warner, Mona Clark, Pat Cordell, and Debbie Simmons; nephew Larue Lott; along with many generations of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Bill Warner, Jimmy Cordell, Paul Manning, Josh Craddock, John Talley, and Clayton Breland.

Special music will be performed by Robert Schepers and Tori Stogner.