Gladys Daly Metcalf Sawyer

Gladys Daly Metcalf Sawyer,  101, died Wednesday, April 22, 2009, in Clarendon.

Services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, 2009, in the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Terry Lowe, Pastor, officiating. Burial was held at West Park Cemetery in Hereford with Chuck Daly, great-nephew, officiating. Services were held at Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Gladys was born February 16, 1908, to John Charles and Fanny Jones Daly in an adobe house near Fort Lowell and Tucson before Arizona was a state. She spent most of her “growing up” years in Tucson. She graduated from high school in Manhattan, Kansas, in 1926. At age 19, she moved to Texas and lived in Hereford for many years. In 1956 she married Forrest Sawyer of Donley County, near Clarendon, where she spent the rest of her life. She was an active member of the Methodist Church and also participated in Clarendon’s civic clubs. She was the Clarendon Chamber of Commerce 2003 Pioneer Woman of the Year. Her favorite hobbies were gardening and baking and was known for her homemade bread which she loved to share with her family and friends. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Earnest Metcalf in 1951; her second husband, Forrest Sawyer in 1994; her parents; two brothers, Walter and Paul Daly; a stepdaughter, Marilyn McQueen; and a stepson, Edward Sawyer.

Survivors include three step grandsons, Dan Sawyer of Clarendon, Ted Sawyer of Amarillo, Geff McQueen of Laguna Beach, California; four step great grandchildren; five step great great grandchildren, two nephews and a niece; great and great great nieces and nephews; and a daughter in law, Mary Ann Sawyer Craft.

The family requests memorials be to the First United Methodist Church in Clarendon.