Unicoi County TN Archives Obituaries.....Lawson, Dr. John F. April 12, 2007
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Mitchell News-Journal 4/25/07  
DR. JOHN F. LAWSON 



JOHNSON CITY, TN - Dr. John F. Lawson, 85, of Colonial Hill Retirement Center, 

died Thursday, April 12, 2007. A native of Erwin, Tenn., He was the son of the 

late Robert Wesley and Lettie Brown Lawson. He was also preceded in death by 

seven brothers, and one sister. He received his medical degree from Duke 

University and began his surgical practice in Johnson City. He retired from 

practice in 1993, after which the John Lawson Surgical Group was named in his 

honor, as well as the John Lawson Surgical Lectureship at ETSU. He served 12 

years on the Johnson City Board of Education and was a member of the Johnson 

City Community Band. He was also a member of Munsey Memorial United Methodist 

Church.



Survivors include his wife, Joann Kroetz Lawson of the home; two daughters, 

Marcia Dunn of Spruce Pine, and Dr. Elizabeth Ann Lawson of Johnson City; two 

sons, John Robert Lawson of Johnson City, and Dr. James Douglas Lawson of 

Greensboro; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandsons; and several nieces and 

nephews. 



A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Munsey Memorial United 

Methodist Church. The Rev. Brian Taylor and Doug DeJarnett officiated. The 

family received friends from 5-7 p.m. Saturday in the East Chapel of 

Appalachian Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to the John Lawson 

Surgical Lectureship Endowment, ETSU Foundation, P.O. Box 70721, Johnson City, 

TN 37614; or the John Lawson Memorial Instrumental Music Library, Munsey 

Memorial United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1336, Johnson City, TN 37605.







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