Alonza Berry Sawyer Sr.,74, of Merritt was called to rest on Wednesday, December 24, 2025.

Funeral service is 1:30 PM, Sunday, January 4, 2026 at Grace Baptist Church, 520 Roberts Road, Newport, NC. Interment Sawyer Family Cemetery, Swan Point Road, Maribel Community, Bayboro, NC.

He is survived by his son, Alonza Berry Sawyer Jr. (Keisha), Atlanta GA, daughter, Wendy Sawyer, New Bern, NC; brother,Eugene Sawyer (Patrice), Bayboro; sister, Mary Atkinson, Fredericksburg, VA; eight grandchildren.