Elder Richard Thomas Lawson, Sr.

Warren Holloway Ward

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Posted by: Warren Holloway Ward FH
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Date: Feb 01 2016 1:49 PM

Elder Richard Thomas Lawson, Sr. of Samson, Alabama went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 31, 2016.  He was 78.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 4, 2016, in the chapel of Warren Holloway Ward Funeral Home in Geneva with Bro. Jimmy Watson officiating.  Burial will follow in the Adams Cemetery in Andalusia with Warren Holloway Ward Funeral Home directing.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday, February 3, 2016, from 6 until 8 p.m.

Elder Lawson was born May 7, 1937, in Covington County, Alabama to the late Joseph David and Myrtle Eugene Lawson.  He was a devoted minister of the Gospel for more than 60 years.  He loved southern gospel music as well as playing and singing praises to God.  He was a member of the Apostolic Lighthouse of Samson.

In addition to his parents, his wife, Georgia Lee Aughtman Lawson, two sisters, Mary Ruth and Jeanette Lawson, as well as four brothers, J.C., James Fred, Bill and Cleon Lawson, all preceded him in death.

Survivors include one son, Richard Thomas Lawson, Jr. (Brenda) of Coffee Springs; three daughters: Janet Padgett of Alabama, Velma Lee Castleberry (Sidney) of Cropwell, AL and Rose Marie Mooney (James) of Carrollton, GA; 11 grandchildren and a number of special great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers will be Thomas Lawson, James Lawson, C. J. Hilbers, David Troublefield, Howard Fussell and Eugene Fussell.

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