ELEGY FOR ELIZABETH BARCLAY 
for Viola & Piano

by W. Brent Sawyer
composed 7/7/2021
approx. length: 7:15 minutes

2nd piece in the Viola Suite .

This piece is a tribute to Elizabeth Lynne Barclay. She was a 7 year old girl I knew from the after school day care we both attended.  I was 9 years old.In October of 1979 Elizabeth was abducted while she was walking to the market with her younger brother and another younger child. Her kidnapper was never caught.

Elizabeth, I never forgot you after all these years. 
Your light still shines.

In 2019 - 40 years after the abduction, the Dallas Police have reopened the case of Elizabeth Barclay in hopes of finally capturing the murderer.

Elizabeth Barclay would have been forty-nine this year (2021). If you have any information please contact Dallas Police at (214) 670-8345.