IN LOVING MEMORY OF
R. T.
Lawson
April 2, 1931 – July 13, 2020
Obituary
Deacon R.T. Lawson was born in Mitchell County Georgia, the son of the late Jeffery Lawson Sr. and Carrie D. Lawson. He attended Oakridge High School until the eighth grade. Married in Holy matrimony to Hazel Banks in 1953 for 55 years. This union produced seven children. In Deacon Lawson's early years, he pitched and played baseball for the Bridgeboro Tigers. He began working with Taylor's Cotton Gin and Warehouse and remained dedicated for the next 60 years. At the age of 8, he joined Mitchel Grove Baptist Church and was ordained as a Deacon in 1955. In his later years: he was the Adult Sunday School Teacher, a member of the NAACP for eight years, a Civil Rights Activist marching with Dr. Martin Luther King in Moultrie and Albany, GA and a member of the Prince Hall Masonic Fraternity Incorporated. Many knew him as 'slim', but lovingly and affectionately, he was called 'Uncle T'. We knew him as daddy.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Hazel, his oldest son, Willie (Brenda) Lawson of Sylvester, Georgia and grandson Curt Lawson Jr. He leaves to mourn, Roy (Jannie) Jones of Aiken, South Carolina. Rose Walker of Columbus, Georgia. Frank (Mae) Lawson of Byron, Georgia. David (Linda) Lawson of Baconton, Georgia. Margaret (Henry Sr) Coleman of Albany, Georgia, Jacqueline J. (Frederick) Chambers of Atlanta, Georgia. Richard E. (Robin) Lawson of Athens, Georgia and Curt (Angela) Lawson of Monks Corner, South Carolina. A special nephew Danny Lee Jackson and a special grandson, Thailand (Boonie) Lawson. There are also 17 grandchildren, 9 great-grands and a host of nieces and nephews who will miss him dearly.
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Services
Graveside Service
July
16
New Salem Missionary Baptist Church
Starts at 10:00 am
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