Michael B. Sayer

April 29, 1965 - Oct. 25, 2008

LEBANON -- Michael B. Sayer, 43, died Saturday (Oct. 25, 2008) as a result of a traffic accident.

He was born in McCook at St. Catherine's Hospital on April 29, 1965, to Derald B. and Patricia (Metzger) Sayer. He grew up on a farm southwest of Cambridge. He attended and graduated from Bartley High School.

He joined the U.S. Army in 1985. He served in operations in Alaska, Egypt and Honduras. He was discharged from the Army in 1990.

He was a member of the North American Hunt Club. He was a songwriter and played the guitar and piano. He had won a segment of the Nashville Star Search singing a song that he wrote.

He was preceded in death by his father; paternal grandparents; maternal grandfather; three uncles, Kent, Sale and Dalwin; and an aunt, Judy.

He is survived by his wife, Connie Meyers-Sayer of Lebanon; mother, Patricia Sayer of Cambridge; one daughter, Lavinda Sayer; two step-sons, Russell and wife, Chrystal Redden of Indianola and Claud and wife, Darlene Redden of Lebanon; one step-daughter, Claudina and husband, John Stinett of Wichita, Kan.; brother, Jared and wife, Julie of Cambridge; and maternal grandmother, Irene Young.

Funeral services will be at Lockenour-Jones Mortuary on Tuesday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Tim Burke officiating. Interment will be in the Fairview Cemetery of Cambridge.

Visitation today until 9 p.m., and prior to the funeral on Tuesday. The casket is closed to the public.

Memorials may be left in his name at the mortuary in Cambridge.

Lockenour-Jones Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.