NAME: BERNICE ARNEDIA (REID) LAWSON, AGE 87, A LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT. Lawson,Bernice BORN: AUGUST 29, 1918 AT GLOBE, COAL COUNTY, OK TO JESSE JAMES AND LULA (HOLDER) REID. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2006 IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 87 YEARS, 4 MONTHS & 17 DAY. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ROCK CREEK IN COAL COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: DAVID ERNEST LAWSON ON FEBRUARY 9, 1935 IN COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED AS A COOK FOR COTTONWOOD AND COALGATE SCHOOLS FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN COALGATE FOR 45 YEARS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COAL COUNTY HOMEMAKER EXTENSION CLUB. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JIMMY LAWSON AND WIFE DONNIS OF PONCA CITY, OK. BRENDA HICKMAN AND HUSBAND STANLEY OF COALGATE, OK. RUTHY HAWORTH AND RAY OF SAVANNA, OK. KAY SMITH AND HUSBAND JAMES OF DUNCAN, OK. MICHEAL DEWAYNE LAWSON AND WIFE CAROLYN OF DURANT, OK. 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SPECIAL FRIEND: ANITA BREGER OF COALGATE, OK. SPECIAL CAREGIVER: MARY HUNTER OF COALGATE, OK. SISTER: ARZETTA TUCKER OF OCEAN SIDE, CA. SISTER-IN-LAW: WINNIE BURKHART OF ADA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: DAVID ERNEST LAWSON ON JANUARY 16, 2000. PARENTS: JESSE AND LULA REID. BROTHER: ELSIELEE REID.

DATE OF SERVICE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK. CEMETERY: CAIRO CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. MATT SMITH. CASKETBEARERS: GARY BREGER, CLAY MOWDY, BILLY JOHNSON, RICHARD ORR, JOHN POWELL, JACK SHIRLEY, STEVE PENNY, JIM EPPERSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOM OWEN, PAUL HOOE, BOBBY GEORGE LEE, KENNETH MCENTIRE, TOMMY BARNETT, LOUIS JOHN SANDMAN. FAMILY NIGHT: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2006 6 TO 8 P.M.