Funeral services for Emma Cypert Sawyer Lee will be held on Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11:00am, at Greenlawn Funeral Home North. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00am. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens following the service. Emma died Monday, January 11, 2016 at Hospice House in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was born December 17, 1924 in Kirbyville, Missouri to Thomas M. and Elsie Lea Sawyer. She was united in marriage to Melvin A. Lee on December 23, 1945 at Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. To this union were born two children, H. Dean Lee and Beverly A. Lee. Mrs. Lee enjoyed life to the fullest and was a wonderful homemaker, loving wife, and mother. She loved sewing, cooking (her passion), going to church, helping others and spending quality time with her family and friends. She returned to a single life at an early age but always had a positive attitude and knew that God was going to take care of her. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Springfield, MO. for many, many years until her death. She is survived by one daughter, Beverly A. Lee Anderson and husband Roger of Gainesville, MO., one brother; Joe Sawyer and wife Pat of Edmond, OK. She is also survived by five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, 10 nieces and nephews, and a host of many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, one son, H. Dean Lee, one brother, Walter Sawyer, one sister, Elsie Sawyer Fancher and one great-granddaughter, Remington “Remi” Anderson. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice House, 774 Long Street, Mountain Home, Arkansas 72653, or to Grace United Methodist Church, 600 S. Jefferson Ave., Springfield, MO. 65806.