Silas Sayre

Silas Sayre, son of the late Clyde and Winnie Davis Sayre, was born in Hayti, Missouri on November 26, 1923, and passed away at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri on April 9, 2013, at the age of 89 years, 4 months and 14 days. He had lived in Malden and moved to Dexter in 1947. He had been self employed as a carpenter and was a member of the Church of God International. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army serving during WWII. On June 11, 1947 he was married to Dorothy Louise Cates in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Surviving are his wife Dorothy Sayre of Dexter; one son, Samuel Sayre of Dexter; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in death by one sister, Dortha McGuire and two brothers, Paul and Woodrow Sayre. Visitation will be Thursday, April 11, 2013, 10:00 a.m. at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri. Graveside funeral services will be held Thursday, April 11, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. at the Dexter Cemetery in Dexter with the Rev. Kenneth Biggs of Dexter, Missouri officiating. Interment will be in the Dexter Cemetery in Dexter, Missouri with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.