LAWSON, John Edgar^{[1, 2, 3]}

1930 - 1971  (41 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	LAWSON, John Edgar  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	12 February 1930	West Virginia   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 October 1971  [3]
  Burial	Chatham Township, Medina County, Ohio, United States of America   [3]
  Notes	The funeral service for John E Lawson will be Thursday at the North Eaton Baptist Church. Burial will be in Chatham Cemetery. Mr Lawson, 41 of Box 364 Rt 3 Baker Rd, Wellington was pronounced dead yesterday at St Joseph Hospital, Lorain, after he was stricken at his work on the assembly line at Ford Motor Co. Lorain Assembly Plant. Dr Chesner, deputy Lorain County coroner said he died of a heart attack. Mr. Lawson was born in West Virginia and had lived in the Wellington area for a number of years. Surviving are his wife, Blanche, nee Johnson; three sons; John Thomas and Michael and two daughters; Linda and Debbie, all at home; nine brothers, Thomas, Bertin, Kenneith, Gene, Benjamin, Frank, Charles, Wilburt and Alfred and six sisters, Mrs Mary Anderson, Mrs Ruby James, Mrs Donnetta Zeis, Mrs. Myrtly Frame and Fannie and Mahalia Lawson. A son Roger, was killed in Vietnam and he, also was preceded in death by a brother and three sisters. The Chronilce Telegram Oct 5 1971
  Person ID	I422163058294	Ancestry dot com tree
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	LAWSON, Thomas Henry,   b. Abt 1868, West Virginia d. 14 May 1948 (Age 80 years)
  Mother	BOYCE, Mamie,   b. 1907, Braxton County, West Virginia d. 21 Mar 1977, Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1923	Braxton, West Virginia, United States   [4]
  Family ID	F5045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	JOHNSON, Blanche,   b. 30 April 1929   d. 21 September 2000 (Age 71 years)
  Children	1. LAWSON, D.   2. LAWSON, L.   3. LAWSON, M.   4. LAWSON, T.   5. LAWSON, Roger Dale,   b. 6 Nov 1949, Ohio, United States of America d. 18 Jul 1969, Kon Tum, Vietnam (Age 19 years) + 6. LAWSON, J.E. Jr
  Family ID	F3823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1642132768] Ancestry.com, Summit County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1840-1980, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Summit County Court of Common Pleas - Probate Division; Akron, Ohio; Volume Number or Range of Dates: Vol 228-231, No. 1-2400, June-Oct. 1973; Roll: 0309S - Roll 1. [S1640033476] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1940; Census Place: Holly, Braxton, West Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04395; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 4-8. [S1640033450] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1640804086] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).