Marty and Karla Grant

!BIRTH:Recorded in Graham Co., NC General Index to Vital Statistics - Births 1913-1979
Via Ancestry.com, "North Carolina Birth Indexes 1800-2000"


!CENSUS:1940 Graham Co., NC Yellow Creek, Topaco, # 7
Mack Grant head 24 M NC 1935 Same Place - Laborer Electric Power
Bertie wife 25 M 1935 Macon NC
Billie son 3
Josephine dau 8/12;


!OBIT:Graham Star:
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 1:28 PM CDT
Josephine Grant Sawyer, 71, of the East Fort Hill Community of Robbinsville, passed away, Saturday, June 18, 2011 at West Care Health System in Sylva.

She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of the late Mack and Berta Duvall Grant. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Maurice Sawyer, in 2008; and her sister, Mary Jane James, in 2010.

She is survived by her son, Charles Sawyer; daughter, Linda Sawyer Carpenter; sister, Brenda Atwell; brothers, Bill Grant and Mackie Grant all of Robbinsville; granddaughter, Randi Nicole Hagerdorn of Sylva; and great grandchildren, Zachary Storm Grant, Destiny Hall, Colton Hagerdorn, and William Hagerdorn.

Funeral Services were held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at the Townson-Smith Chapel. The Rev. Lennox Hedrick officiated. The family received friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel prior to the service. Committal services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at the Old Mother Cemetery.

Townson-Smith Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. An online register is available at www.townson-smithfuneralhome.com.;