Obituary:  Robert Columbus "Lum" Lasswell, December 22, 2009
 
Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
January 2010

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The Observer/Enterprise, Robert Lee, Coke County, TX - January 8, 2010

LASSWELL

Robert Columbus "Lum" Lasswell went to be with his Lord on December 22,
2009.  He was 101 years of age. Lum was born Oct 10, 1908 in Coke County
to Milton Eugene and Mary Pruitt Lasswell.  Lum lived most of his life on
the Lasswell land near Fort Chadbourne, Texas.  He called himself a stock
farmer and always said it was the best life one could choose.  In his later
years, he enjoyed building things with wood and left behind many projects
for family and friends to treasure.  Lum loved his Lord and faithfully
worked at many different jobs over a long life of service at First United
Baptist Church of Bronte.  Teaching Sunday school was a special joy to him.

Lum married Mildred Hayley on November 27, 1930.  Together they raised two
children, Robert E.(Bob) and Mary Linda. Mildred preceded him in death in 
1977.  He then married Virginia Walling who preceded him in death in 1996.
Lum was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Melvin, and his sisters
Lora, Elsie and Myrtle.

Lum is survived by his son, Robert E. Lasswell and wife, Stella; his daughter
Mary Linda Simpson and husband, Robert of San Angelo; grandchildren, Bryan
Lasswell and wife, M'Linda of Galveston, Sharla Fitzgerald and husband, Reid
of Fairoaks Ranch, Lita Bradley and husband, Paul of San Angelo, and Stacy 
Simpson of San Angelo; great-grandchildren Reese and Reagan Lasswell, Robert,
Patrick and Ethan Fitzgerald and Brandon and Jennifer Davis; and great-great
granddaughter Calista Davis.

The family wishes to thank all the employees of the Bronte Health and Rehab
Center for their loving and compassionate care.

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