Kenneth Segrist Sawyer

The third of 4 Sawyer boys, he and his 3 brothers were well known in their small town for their achievements and mis-chievements.

He graduated from Itasca High school in 1965 then served in the United States Navy until receiving an honorable discharge in 1969. In the Navy, Mr. Sawyer began his lifelong career as an electrical engineer, which took him to serve many companies during his life, including Owens Corning, Chaparral Steel and various other steel mills in the United States and Mexico. He was well known for his hardworking and generous spirit, as well as, his talent as a cook, gardener, carpenter and woodworker. He has touched countless lives over the years through his hobby of woodworking and was happy to know he’d be leaving behind something tangible for all those that he met along the way.

He is preceded in death by his father and mother, Dave and Wilna Sawyer of Itasca, Tx, his brother David Sawyer and his wife Lynn Sawyer of Cleburne Texas, as well as, many close friends from his years at Chaparral Steel in Midlothian, Texas.

He is survived by ex -wife Brenda Sawyer, daughter, Misty Gail Graham, her husband Mike, and two grandsons, Noah and Knox Graham, of Aledo, Texas; step-son Brian Potter and family of Orange Beach, Alabama; brothers, Mickey Sawyer of Cleburne, Texas and Steve Sawyer, and wife, Denise of Itasca, Texas; loving nieces and nephews and many friends and neighbors, including closest friends, Jessica Reed and family of Grand Prairie Texas.

He loved gardening and sharing the harvest with others and would regularly bring fruits and vegetables to share with friends, neighbors, coworkers and the medical staff at the Arlington Cancer Center. He amazed so many with his woodworking and carving skills and was most happy when when he was making something or fixing things for others. His creative and engineering brain was always tinkering with something and enjoyed turning someone else’s trash into something useful or decorative and he began dumpster diving for these things in his retired years. He stopped cutting his hair when he retired, he joked as a way to save money for beer, and before cancer treatment kicked in, he sported a long gray ponytail as a measure of all the monies he saved on haircuts.

He really loved teaching others and saw this as his greatest contribution to the world. He enjoyed bagpipe music, all things Celtic, swords and knives, Peter Paul and Mary music, historical readings and documentaries, Masterpiece Theater and President Trump. He liked to tell silly jokes and show off his hand with a missing finger, although this sadly stood in his way of learning to play the bagpipe.

There was truly no one like him and he will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date.