Payton Lyrik Sawyers 15 month old daughter of Dustin Drew Sawyers and Mikala Elizabeth Brown passed away Friday, January 8, 2016 in the North Carolina Baptist Hospital.

Payton was born on October 11, 2014 in Galax, Virginia.

In addition to her parents she is survived by four brothers Bentley Sawyers, Malik Carico, Junior Davis and Azariah Engling , maternal grandparents Joe Brown and Denise Brown of Grayson County, Virginia; paternal grandparents Donald and Drucilla Sawyers of Surry County, Virginia; paternal great-grandparents Geneva Sawyers; Ralph and Rebecca Catron;; aunt and uncle Brittney and Tyler Catron-Moore; uncles Donald Ray Sawyers, Mason Brown and Tevin Long; special friends Whitney Bryan, Amanda Bryan and Juan Ford; Jackie and Michael Pierce and Arianna Allen.

The funeral service will be held Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 2:00 PM in the Vaughan-Guynn Chapel. Burial will follow in the River Hill Cemetery in the Beech Grove Community. The family will receive friends Saturday from 12 noon until time for the funeral service at the Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home.