Jayne Sawyer Smith

Jayne Sawyer Smith, 57, passed away surrounded by her loved ones on Friday, November 4, 2016. A Celebration of Her Life will be held on Tuesday, November 8 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Ingleside Baptist Church with Dr. Timothy McCoy and Dr. Mark Hudgins officiating. Burial is private. The family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m. until service time and following the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Pine Pointe Hospice, 6261 Peake Road, Macon 31210 or Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, 858 High Street, Macon 31201.

Jayne was born in Chester, South Carolina to Alice Gladden Sawyer and the late Wayne Brooks Sawyer. She moved to Macon with her family from Georgetown, SC in 1975 and graduated from Tattnall Square Academy in 1977. Jayne attended Macon Junior College when she got her dream job as a buyer at Kiralfy-Goldmans in the junior department. Then she went on to manage 2 Celebration Hallmark Stores which led her to owning/operating Jayne’s Hallmark for 20+ years.

After she met and married Scott, she sold her store and became the Special Events Coordinator at Ingleside Baptist Church. A job she truly was blessed by. Jayne coordinated countless events, dinners and weddings. One of her favorite jobs was to serve coffee every Sunday for thousands of Ingleside worshipers.

Her loves were Scott Smith, her five “babies” (nieces and nephews), Katherine, Anna Claire, Reid, Ali, and Jack; her former customers, her fabulous friends, her fur baby and her “precious brides”.

Jayne loved the Lord and had a servant’s heart. She made and kept friends in every part of her life which has been made ever more apparent these last few months.

She is survived by her loving husband, Scott Smith; mother, Alice Sawyer; sister, Jill S. Walsh and family; brother, Jeffrey and Carol Sawyer and family; parents-in-law, Ann and Earl Joiner; sister-in-law, Jeannie and Allen Denton; brother-in-law, Jonathan and Sue Smith, aunts and uncles, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sanders and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gladden and family, and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

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Snow’s Memorial Chapel, Cherry Street has charge of arrangements.