Dorothy Lawson

DOROTHY LAWSON
DOROTHY LAWSON OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT FARMINGTON, MISSOURI ON JUNE 6, 1915. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CARRIE AND GEORGE CRAWFORD. DOROTHY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN POTOSI, MISSOURI ON OCTOBER 6, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY SEVEN YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND TEN DAYS.
SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO WILLIAM ELI LAWSON ON AUGUST 6, 1944 IN CORNING ARKANSAS. WILLIAM PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON APRIL 4, 1979.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO STEP SONS, WILLIAM SANFORD LAWSON OF GOLDEN VALLEY, ARIZONA AND ROBERT BLOUNT AND WIFE CHARMA OF CONRO, TEXAS, TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN, EIGHTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND SIX GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND SPECIAL FRIEND JOHN FOERSTER, JR. OF MINERAL POINT, MISSOURI. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE INFANT SON, ONE STEP SON, PAUL EUGEN NEEL SR. AND HIS WIFE KAY, ONE SISTER AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN.
DOROTHY WAS A LOVING PERSON WHO ENJOYED MANY THINGS. SHE WAS AN ANIMAL LOVER AND ENJOYED THE OUTDOORS. SHE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR ALWAYS HELPING OTHERS. DOROTHY WILL BE LOVINGLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 11:00 AM AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND WILLIAM RAWSON OFFICIATING. MUSICAL SELECTIONS WERE: THE OLD RUGGED CROSS AND WE SHALL SEE JESUS PERFORMED BY CRYSTAL AND DERRICK JOHNSON. BURIAL WAS IN THE NEW DIGGINS CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.