Robert L. Lawrence, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Gina Brown
Date: October 2, 2008

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Ouachita-Rapides County Louisiana Archives Obituaries
LAWRENCE, ROBERT L. November 14, 1997

News Star World - November 16, 1997
ROBERT L. LAWRENCE

Robert L. "Bob" Lawrence, 74 of Alexandria, died Friday, November 14, 1997 in 
his residence. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, November 17, 1997 in St. 
Francis Cabrini Church. Interment will be in Greenwood Memorial park, 
Pineville, under direction of John Kramer & son. Mr. Lawrence, was a native of 
Parkersburg, Iowa and settled in Alexandria after serving in the U.S. Army Air 
Corps as a B-17 pilot during World War II. He was captured and held as a POW 
until his release in 1945. Mr.Lawrence received the Purple Heart and the Air 
Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. He retired from the U. S. Air Force Reserve as a 
Lt. Col. He was the Retired Superintendent of the Alexandria Water Department 
after 27 years of service. At the time of his death, he was in his third term 
on the Alexandria City Council where he served as Vice President. Among other 
awards, he received the Charles E. Dunbar Award by the Louisiana civil Service 
League for outstanding performance of duties as a Civil Service employee. 

Robert Lawrence is survived by his wife: Agnes Smith Berry Lawrence of 
Alexandria; sons: Charles Douglas Lawrence of Baton Rouge, Robert Staton 
Lawrence of Baton Rouge, Richard William Lawrence of canton, TX, Walter Wynne 
Lawrence of Baton Rouge, and Dr. John Russell Berry of Alexandria; daughters: 
Lynda Lawrence Blackwelder of Indianapolis, IN, Kathy Ann Lawrence of Monroe, 
Susan Laine Berry Miller of Alexandria, and Sally Berry Vanderlick of 
Alexandria; brother: William H. "Bill" Lawrence of Dunwoody, GA: sister: 
Jeanne Beckman of Council Bluffs, IA; 25 grandchildren and 1 great-grandson.

A Christian wake service will be held at 7 p.m Sunday in the funeral home. 
Visitation will be from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. at John Kramer & Son. The 
family request memorials be sent to the Rapides Children's Advocacy Center's 
CASA Program, the Louisiana Lions Eye Foundation, the American Cancer Society 
or St. Francis Cabrini Church.


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