WEAKLEY COUNTY TN - OBITUARIES - W.T. Lawler ==================================================================== USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Project Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Judy Penrod Purcell ==================================================================== August 2001 Obituary from CONFEDERATE VETERAN, Vol. XVIII, No. 10, August 1910 Obituary: W. T. LAWLER W.T. Lawler was born in Weakley County, Tenn., in July, 1838; and died at Martin, Tenn., in April, 1910. He joined the Confederate army at the age of twenty-three, serving his cause with gallantry and devotion. He was wounded so severely at Athens, Ala., in 1864 that his arm was amputated at the shoulder. On his return home he began the study of medicine, which he continued to practice till 1881, when he became the proprietor of the Martin Planing Mill. Dr. Lawler was devoted to the cause of the Confederacy, and was active in all that would give aid to his old comrades. The United Daughters of the Confederacy and Albert Sidney Johnston Camp both passed appropriate resolutions of respect. Dr. Lawler leaves four children.