CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Gladys L. Laws, 4 Dec 2000
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Gladys L. Laws

  Gladys Leonard Laws, 89, 103 Buffalo Valley Church Road, Johnson City, 
died Monday, December 4, 2000, at her residence following a lengthy 
illness.
  Mrs. Laws was a native of Carter County and had lived most of her life
there. She was the daughter of the late J. Fred and Lillie Cox Leonard and 
was also preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Laws, in 1994, and by 
three sisters and five brothers.
  Mrs. Laws had worked in the First Aid Department of Bemberg Corporation 
and later as a Private Duty Nurse at Memorial Hospital in Johnson City. She 
was a member and past president of the Watauga Valley Art League and a 
charter member of the Buffalo Valley Christian Church.
  Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Brackett, Johnson City; two 
sons, Martin Laws, Limestone, and Philip Laws, Unicoi; a sister, Marie 
Leonard Lenden, Elizabethton; four grandchildren, Lisa Bennett, Pamela 
Holben, Karen Brackett and Kenneth Brackett, all of Johnson City; and three 
great-grandchildren, Chenoa Bennett, Rachael Bennett and Henry Holben, all 
of Johnson City. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
  Morris-Baker Funeral Home, 2001 Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, (423) 
282-1521, is in charge of arrangements.