Powell Henderson Lawson

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• Deed : 12 May 1914, Tazewell County, Virginia; P.H. and Maggie Lawson to Lucinda Lawson for $20 tract of land in Tazewell near Raven, lying on the west side of the County road leading to Buckhanon County, adjoining the lands of RH Nash. Deed book 80 page 403.
• Deed : 21 Aug 1941, Tazewell County, Virginia; P.H. & Maggie Lawson to P.O. Palmer for $35 a parcel of land on the waters of Coal Creek, beginning at a station on the East side of the County Road.

Powell married Margaret "Maggie" Short on 12 Jul 1899 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Margaret (daughter of Newell Jefferson Short, Sr. and Louisa Jane "Eliza" Hill) was born in Jan 1882 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 5 Jun 1955 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried on 8 Jun 1955 in Road Ridge Community Cem, Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Herman married Maude Estelle Lowe in Tazewell County, Virginia. Maude was born in 1930; died after 2000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alonzo Lawson. 62, of the Road Ridge section of Raven, Va died Monday afternoon in a Richlands Va hospital following a long illness. Born in Tazewell County, Va., he was a son of (more...)

Family/Spouse: Clara Lee Lawson. Clara was born on 05 Jan 1915; was buried in Road Ridge Community Cem, Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Marvin B. Lawson, of President Stree, died unexpectedly yesterday at Anne Arundel General Hospital after suffering a heart attack, he was 59. Mr. Lawson was born in Raven, Va. and was retired as a miner with the Raven Red Ash Coal Co.

He is survived by his wife Emma Lee; Four sons, Jack D. and Wayne K. Lawson of Annapolis, Ronie H. of Pasadena and Marvin B. of Brooklyn Park; two daughters, Roby L. Baldwin of Annapolis and Carolyn S. Casey of Crownville.

He also leaves two brothers, Herman and Powell Lawson, and a sister, Dorothy Johnson, all of Raven; Nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held at 2 PM Saturday at the Beall Funeral Home, 1212 West St. Interment will be at Hillcrest cemetery

Family/Spouse: Emma Lee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Powell Lawson Jr., 60, of the Road Ridge Section of Raven, died Tuesday morning, March 30, in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. Born in Tazewell County, he was a son of the late Powell and Maggie Short Lawson. He was a retired miner and was preceded in death by one son, Stevie Lawson in 1969. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Clara Helbert Lawson; four daughters, Mrs. Johnny (Linda) Shelton, Mrs. Thommy (Judy) Brown, both of Raven, Mrs. Howard (Tina) Mullins of Tazewell and Kathy Lawson of the home; five sons, Bill, Jim, Dayne, Earnest Lawson, all of Raven and Denney Lawson of Doran; one sister, Mrs. Dorothy Johnson of Raven; one brother, Herman Lawson of Raven; and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Friday, April 2, at 2 pm at the Road Ridge Assembly of God Church with Rev. James Salyers and Rev. Ed Short officiating. Burial followed in the Lawson Family Cemetery at Raven. Friends served as pallbearers. Tazewell County Funeral Home in Cedar Bluff was in charge of the arrangements.

Powell married Clara Leala Helbert on 27 Jul 1942 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Clara (daughter of John Epison Helbert and Mary Belle Carter) was born on 29 Jun 1924 in Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 30 Sep 1999 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Road Ridge Community Cem, Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Irene Johnson will be conducted Fri, Nov. 24, 2000, at 2 p.m. at her home on Road Ridge near Raven, Va., with the Rev. Terry Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at the Lawson Family Cem on Road Ridge near Raven....

Dorothy married Acie Johnson in Ca 1943 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Acie was born on 13 Oct 1922; died in Jun 1984 in Raven, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]