Chester “Red” Lawson, age 89
Chester “Red” Lawson, age 89, of Campbellsville died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 at Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville.
Chester was born April 4, 1925 to the late Dee and Murty Young Lawson in Adair County, KY. He was a member of South Campbellsville Baptist Church. Red retired from Taylor County RECC after 43 years of service and enjoyed fishing and playing cards.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Erica Tiffany Lawson; four brothers, Charlie Lawson, Waymond Lawson, Gordon Lawson and Riley Lawson and three sisters, Marilyn White, Annie Robinson and Zelma Cheek.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Laura Glenn Lawson; a son, J.C. Lawson and his wife, Peggy; two daughters, Wanda Gray and her husband, Eugene and Marsha Estes and her husband, Billy, all of Campbellsville; five grandchildren, Jennifer (Robbie) Bell, Adam (Gretchen) Lawson, DeAnna (Jason) Humphress, Stephanie (Kenton) Gibson and Laura Estes and nine great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 26th at Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home by Bro. Tommy Hughes and Bro. Shaun Caudill. Burial will follow in Brookside Cemetery.
The family request visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 25th at Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home.
Expressions of sympathy are suggested to Gideon Bibles and may be made at Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Funeral Home.
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