Janice Yarbrough Lawson, 64, of Wedowee, AL, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at Hospice Atlanta in Atlanta, GA, following a courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 31, 2011 at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, GA. The family will receive friends immediately after the service in the Fellowship Hall where lunch will be provided for all.
Memorials may be made to Janice Y. Lawson Scholarship Fund, Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation, 437 Old Peachtree Road, NW, Suwanee, GA 30024 or on the web at www.gcps-foundation.org; Hospice Atlanta, 1244 Park Vista Drive, Atlanta, GA 30319; East Alabama Arts Society, P. O. Box 128, Wedowee, AL 36278;or the Friendship House, P.O. Box 513, Bainbridge, GA 39818. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.
The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at First Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA. Interment will be in Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 4, 2011 at First United Methodist Church in Wedowee,AL. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church.
Janice was born June 29, 1946 in LaGrange, GA, the oldest daughter of Ocie Yarbrough and Ruth Tennant Yarbrough and moved to Bainbridge when she was fourteen. She was a graduate of Bainbridge High School, Class of 1964, and received her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Education with a Reading Specialist and Junior High School emphasis. Janice married Emmett Lawson, Jr. on July 11, 1971 and taught school for thirty-four years, predominately as an Eighth Grade Language Arts Teacher. Always focused on others, she was an active volunteer in her church, workplace and community.
Janice is survived by her husband, Emmett M. Lawson, Jr. of Wedowee, AL; her daughter, Maribeth Schaefer and her husband, Jason, of Atlanta, GA; her son, Martin Lawson and his wife, Dani, of Atlanta, GA; her sister, Beth Wilson and her husband, Kinney, of Loganville, GA; her nephew, John Crawford and his wife, Paige, of Moultrie, GA; her niece, Cathy McIntosh and her husband, Billy, and their daughter, Cara McIntosh, of Moultrie, GA.
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A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 31, 2011 at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, GA. The family will receive friends immediately after the service in the Fellowship Hall where lunch will be provided for all.
Memorials may be made to Janice Y. Lawson Scholarship Fund, Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation, 437 Old Peachtree Road, NW, Suwanee, GA 30024 or on the web at www.gcps-foundation.org; Hospice Atlanta, 1244 Park Vista Drive, Atlanta, GA 30319; East Alabama Arts Society, P. O. Box 128, Wedowee, AL 36278;or the Friendship House, P.O. Box 513, Bainbridge, GA 39818. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.
The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at First Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA. Interment will be in Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 4, 2011 at First United Methodist Church in Wedowee,AL. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church.
Janice was born June 29, 1946 in LaGrange, GA, the oldest daughter of Ocie Yarbrough and Ruth Tennant Yarbrough and moved to Bainbridge when she was fourteen. She was a graduate of Bainbridge High School, Class of 1964, and received her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Education with a Reading Specialist and Junior High School emphasis. Janice married Emmett Lawson, Jr. on July 11, 1971 and taught school for thirty-four years, predominately as an Eighth Grade Language Arts Teacher. Always focused on others, she was an active volunteer in her church, workplace and community.
Janice is survived by her husband, Emmett M. Lawson, Jr. of Wedowee, AL; her daughter, Maribeth Schaefer and her husband, Jason, of Atlanta, GA; her son, Martin Lawson and his wife, Dani, of Atlanta, GA; her sister, Beth Wilson and her husband, Kinney, of Loganville, GA; her nephew, John Crawford and his wife, Paige, of Moultrie, GA; her niece, Cathy McIntosh and her husband, Billy, and their daughter, Cara McIntosh, of Moultrie, GA.
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Janice Yarbrough Lawson, 64, of Wedowee, AL, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at Hospice Atlanta in Atlanta, GA, following a courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 31, 2011 at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, GA. The family will receive friends immediately after the service in the Fellowship Hall where lunch will be provided for all.
Memorials may be made to Janice Y. Lawson Scholarship Fund, Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation, 437 Old Peachtree Road, NW, Suwanee, GA 30024 or on the web at www.gcps-foundation.org; Hospice Atlanta, 1244 Park Vista Drive, Atlanta, GA 30319; East Alabama Arts Society, P. O. Box 128, Wedowee, AL 36278;or the Friendship House, P.O. Box 513, Bainbridge, GA 39818. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.
The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at First Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA. Interment will be in Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 4, 2011 at First United Methodist Church in Wedowee,AL. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church.
Janice was born June 29, 1946 in LaGrange, GA, the oldest daughter of Ocie Yarbrough and Ruth Tennant Yarbrough and moved to Bainbridge when she was fourteen. She was a graduate of Bainbridge High School, Class of 1964, and received her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Education with a Reading Specialist and Junior High School emphasis. Janice married Emmett Lawson, Jr. on July 11, 1971 and taught school for thirty-four years, predominately as an Eighth Grade Language Arts Teacher. Always focused on others, she was an active volunteer in her church, workplace and community.
Janice is survived by her husband, Emmett M. Lawson, Jr. of Wedowee, AL; her daughter, Maribeth Schaefer and her husband, Jason, of Atlanta, GA; her son, Martin Lawson and his wife, Dani, of Atlanta, GA; her sister, Beth Wilson and her husband, Kinney, of Loganville, GA; her nephew, John Crawford and his wife, Paige, of Moultrie, GA; her niece, Cathy McIntosh and her husband, Billy, and their daughter, Cara McIntosh, of Moultrie, GA.
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A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 31, 2011 at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, GA. The family will receive friends immediately after the service in the Fellowship Hall where lunch will be provided for all.
Memorials may be made to Janice Y. Lawson Scholarship Fund, Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation, 437 Old Peachtree Road, NW, Suwanee, GA 30024 or on the web at www.gcps-foundation.org; Hospice Atlanta, 1244 Park Vista Drive, Atlanta, GA 30319; East Alabama Arts Society, P. O. Box 128, Wedowee, AL 36278;or the Friendship House, P.O. Box 513, Bainbridge, GA 39818. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.
The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at First Baptist Church in Bainbridge, GA. Interment will be in Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 4, 2011 at First United Methodist Church in Wedowee,AL. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church.
Janice was born June 29, 1946 in LaGrange, GA, the oldest daughter of Ocie Yarbrough and Ruth Tennant Yarbrough and moved to Bainbridge when she was fourteen. She was a graduate of Bainbridge High School, Class of 1964, and received her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Education with a Reading Specialist and Junior High School emphasis. Janice married Emmett Lawson, Jr. on July 11, 1971 and taught school for thirty-four years, predominately as an Eighth Grade Language Arts Teacher. Always focused on others, she was an active volunteer in her church, workplace and community.
Janice is survived by her husband, Emmett M. Lawson, Jr. of Wedowee, AL; her daughter, Maribeth Schaefer and her husband, Jason, of Atlanta, GA; her son, Martin Lawson and his wife, Dani, of Atlanta, GA; her sister, Beth Wilson and her husband, Kinney, of Loganville, GA; her nephew, John Crawford and his wife, Paige, of Moultrie, GA; her niece, Cathy McIntosh and her husband, Billy, and their daughter, Cara McIntosh, of Moultrie, GA.
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