Karen Scott Sawyer, age 78, passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2021, after a 12-year battle with Alzheimerâs.
She was born in Paris, Texas, during the brief period her father was commissioned to build airstrips at Camp Maxie. Raised in Tyler, Karen attended Tyler Public Schools, graduated from Lee High School and enrolled in Tyler Junior College.
It was the summer of 1962 when she met William âBillâ Sawyer Jr. at a local park. They worked two different shifts for the summer parks program for special needs children. Bill began to bring her lunch each day and by the end of the summer he proposed. They married on Aug. 25, 1962, and together attended Stephen F. Austin University. Two years later, Karen gave birth to their only child, Susan âStephanie.â