Mr. Eric Darnell Sawyer

SAWYER, Mr. Eric Darnell - Age 43, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015 at his residence. Family hour 11 a.m. Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Promise Tabernacle Church, 815 W. Carpenter Rd., with funeral service commencing at 12 p.m. Pastor Frederick O. Flowers, Sr. officiating. Interment Sunset Hills Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 11 a.m. Saturday. Mr. Sawyer will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Friday. Mr. Eric Darnell Sawyer was born on December 7, 1972 in Flint, Michigan, the son of Earl and Bobby Sawyer. Eric was a resident of Flint. He confessed Christ at an early age and was baptized at True Light Missionary Baptist Church, later attending Promise Tabernacle. Eric graduated from Flint Northwestern High School “Class of 1992.” He was employed at Little Caesar’s Pizza on Welch Boulevard and with Averill Recycling. Mr. Eric Darnell Sawyer leaves to cherish his memory: fiancée, Sheree Davis; 2 sons, A’Jarey Shotwell and Jayden Sawyer, both of Flint; parents, Earl and Bobby Sawyer, both of Flint; 2 sisters, Trina Sawyer of Arvada, CO and Felicia Sawyer of Columbus, OH; brother, Earl Sawyer, Jr. of Hampton, GA; niece, Asia Sawyer of Hampton, GA; great-niece, Alana Anderson of Flint; 6 nephews, Lynn Dell Busby II of Arvada, CO, Earl Sawyer III of Flint, Darryl Green-Sawyer, Joshua, Asa David and Samuel Sawyer, all of Hampton, GA; 3 great-nephews, Adrian Brown, Jeremiah Williams and Josiah Anderson, all of Flint; 5 aunts, Everline (Danny) Knight and Delores Campbell, both of Flint, Hattie (Erskine) Brown of Maywood, IL, Doris (Roosevelt) Campbell of Lake Orion, MI and Tracy (Greg) Knight of Chandler, AZ; 9 uncles, Alex (Sharon) Sawyer, Robert, James, John and Kenneth (Sharon) Campbell, Gregory Mullen, and Henderson Cuba, all of Flint, Bruce Marshall of Indianapolis, IN and Jimmy (Lisa) Marshall of Racine, WI; a host of cousins, other relatives and friends including special cousins, Micah, Carlton (Pree) and ‘Lil’ Larry Sawyer, Jr. and Brian Knight; special friends Jason “J-Dub” Williams, ‘Lil’ Stevie Carter, Kim (Dixon) Shaffer, Najai Stewart, the kids of Home Ave., Sally Ct., Susan St. and Marja Dr., Tasheen Shotwell and Jerell Loper; god-children, Jeree and Janae Davis, Nicole and Nakeia Storey. Mr. Sawyer was preceded in death by: his grandparents, David and Tennessee Sawyer, Frankie Mae Moore, Cassander and Dorothy Campbell; niece, Deshanea Berry; aunts, Christine Cuba, Mary Ann Jones, Steller Sawyer, Louis Mullen and Monica Campbell; uncles, Samuel and John Sawyer, Cassander Campbell, Jr. and Milton Campbell. The family would like to express special thanks to Billie Wright, Tasheen Shotwell, Averill Recycling and Ms. Rochelle, Dean Minnie McGee, Pastor and Mrs. Frederick Flowers and the Promise Tabernacle family.

Mr. Eric Darnell Sawyer

December 7, 1972 - December 31, 2015