Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carr, Lawson, 1955 

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Lawson Carr, 45, Buried October 15 Near Benns Church 

  Funeral services for Lawson Carr, 45, who died at his home in Isle of Wight 
County October 13, 1955, after an illness of four weeks, were conducted 
Saturday, October 15, at 3 P.M. at the Bethany Methodist Church. 

  He was a lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County and was active in church 
and community affairs.  He was a member and a steward of Bethany Methodist 
Church. 

  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Holt Thacker Carr; a son, Lawson Holt 
Carr; one daughter, Rebecca Bell Carr; his father, Willie E. Carr, and 
stepmother, Mrs. Mary Fulgham Carr of Norfolk; a sister, Mrs. Gladys Carr 
Thacker of Smithfield; two half-sisters, Mary Ellen Willie Carr and Linda 
Utoka Carr of Norfolk; four uncles, James West, Lankford West and Earl West, 
all of Smithfield, and Will Tom West of Suffolk; one aunt, Mrs. Marian West 
Chapman, of Smithfield. 

  The body was taken from the Jones Funeral Home at 2 P.M. on Saturday for 
services at the Bethany Church by the Rev. L.L. Hazelwood, pastor, assisted 
by the Rev. E.W. Rawlings, Rev. R.H. Shapland, and Rev. James U. Unruh. 

  Burial was in Old St. Luke's Memorial Cemetery.  Pallbearers were William 
Edwards, Franklin Edwards, Frank Cofer, I.N. Jones, Marvin Thomas, Smith 
Turner, Horace Gwaltney, and Crawley Nurney.  Members of the Men's Bible Class 
and the Smithfield Hunt Club, were honorary pallbearers. 


Lawson CARR, farmer, 
b. 27 Oct 1909, Isle of Wight Co., d. 13 Oct 1955, at home, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 15 Oct 1955, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 31, No. 18, Oct. 20, 1955, p. 1, col. 7; 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Mem. #187252857 by Henry May 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #18: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His father, Willie Everson CARR, & step-mother are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 23627 (Hardy #14) gives son of Willie E. & Mary (WEST) CARR. 

His mother, Mary Lizzie (WEST) CARR, & her parents are buried in 
   Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, near Carrsville. 
   (IWCHS GSSTF report #42) 
   Beaver Dam list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Lawson & Dorothy (1918-2001) m. 19 Dec 1936 in Suffolk.  (IoW.Co. #101) 

Her parents, Cary Holt & Rebecca Indie (JONES) THACKER, are also buried in 
   St. Luke's Memorial Park.


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