Ethel Lawson

Ethel Helton Lawson
BIRTH
2 Mar 1931
Leslie County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH
22 Jun 2014 (aged 83)
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
BURIAL
Green Hills Memorial Gardens
Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky, USA

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MEMORIAL ID
198522485 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 4
Ethel Helton Lawson
March 2, 1931 - June 22, 2014

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. — Ethel Helton Lawson, 83, of Morristown, passed away on Sunday, June 22, 2014, at the Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville.

She was born in Saylor (Middlefork) KY on March 2, 1931, a daughter of the late Stratton and Viola Howard Helton.

She was a member of the Fairview Bible Baptist Church and had been a homemaker.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bradford Lawson; brothers and sisters, Ernest Helton, Edward Helton, Howard Helton, Jean Saylor and Hazel Helton.

Survivors include her children and their spouses, Ronald and Sandra Lawson, Bonnie Jean and Rick Warren, Jeweldean and George Surface, Brenda Kay and Randall Ridley, Donnie and Dolly Lawson and Stanley and Marlene Lawson; grandchildren, Aleah Mason; Sonya Lawson; Rebecca Lawson; Jason Warren; Gary Surface; Angie Surface; Brian Ridley; Bradley Paul Lawson and Melanie Woody; thirteen great-grandchildren; brother and sister, Melvin Helton and Mary Elizabeth Howard and husband, Ralph and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Services will be 8:00 PM Tuesday at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Chapel with Rev. Darrell Lowe and Rev. Bobby Helton. Music will be by LeSue Surface, Allison Surface, Sydney Surface, Barbara and Reed Brock and Willie Frank Durham.

Entombment will be Wednesday at 11:00 AM in the Mausoleum at Green Hills Memorial Gardens, Middlesboro.

Pallbearers will be Gary Surface, Jason Warren, Jaden Woody, Michael Harris, Matt Webster and Shane Lawson. Honorary pallbearers will be Rick Warren, George Surface and Randall Ridley.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 6;00 until the funeral hour at the Arnett & Steele Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Pineville, which is honored to serve the Lawson Family.

Light a virtual candle and sign the guest register at www.arnettsteele.com.

Published by The Daily News June 24, 2014
Family Members
Parents

Stratton Helton
1895–1975

Viola Howard Helton
1900–1988

Spouse

Bradford Lawson
1914–2010 (m. 1947)

Siblings
Edward Stanley Helton
1921–1937

Willie Jean Helton Saylor
1923–1967

Howard Helton
1926–1998

Earnest C Helton
1934–2006

Melvin Keith Helton
1942–2023

Children
Ronald "Skeeter" Lawson
1949–2016

Jeweldean Lawson Surface
1951–2021

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