James Lawson
Richmond

James Larkin Lawson, 77, of Richmond, husband of Connie Lawson, died Saturday at his residence. He was a native of Logan, W. Va., and the son of the late Preston and Maude Burns Lawson.

Mr. Lawson was a member of the St. Mark Catholic Church, where he took an active part in church work, a retired automobile dealer, he served on the American Cancer Society Board, and chaired the Blood Mobile and was a former president of the Madsion County Country Club.

Lawson is survived by his wife; one son, Mark Lawson; two daughters, Larkin Lawson Hammond, of North Carolina, Kim Click Stepp, of Florida; one granddaughter, Amanda Stepp, of Florida; and one sister, Jean Jones, of Ohio.

Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mark Catholic Church with Father Jim Sishko officiating.

Visitation will be from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 6 at St. Mark Catholic Church.

Pall bearers will be Coach Edward Miracle, Don Edwards, Chenault Ray, Carl Noe, Oakley Murphy, Don Cloys, Paul Taylor and Greg Agee.

Honorary pallbearers will be Charlie Coy, Eugene Wiggins, Ralph Hacker, Bobby Baldwin, Don Foster, David Evans, John Craft, David Graham, Mike Eaves, Tom Etherington and Porter Richmond.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to one's favorite charity.