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Edna Cleota <I>Shields</I> Lawton

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Edna Cleota Shields Lawton

Birth
Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri, USA
Death
12 Sep 1993 (aged 80)
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Addition 5, Block 16, Lot 8, Grave WSW
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Daughter of Ira Thomas Shields and Motie Ordel Gray.

Sister of James David Gray, Emmett Lee, Allen, Russell, Ray, Glenn, and Edwin (her twin).

Married to Harold D Lawton.

Mother of 8 children: son, Unnamed; daughter, Dorothy and husband Richard Scovill Sr.; son, Earl Eugene and his wife Lillian; daughter, Hattie Harris and husband John Harris Sr; son, Robert; son, Jack; daughter, Pat; daughter, Brenda. Many grandkids, great-grandkids, and great-great-grandkids.

Obituary from newspaper:
Edna Lawton, 80, died Sept. 12, 1993, in the Independence Health Care Center, where she lived. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Carson Independence Chapel; burial in the Lee's Summit Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the chapel. Mrs. Lawton was born in Pleasant Hill in Cass County and was a lifelong area resident. Survivors include two sons, Earl Lawton, Deepwater, Mo., and Jack Lawton, Missouri; three daughters, Dorothy Scoville, Raytown, Patty Jenkins, Sunrise Beach, Mo., and Brenda Canterbury, Holden, Mo.; 18 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

Kansas City Star, The (MO) - Tuesday, September 14, 1993
Daughter of Ira Thomas Shields and Motie Ordel Gray.

Sister of James David Gray, Emmett Lee, Allen, Russell, Ray, Glenn, and Edwin (her twin).

Married to Harold D Lawton.

Mother of 8 children: son, Unnamed; daughter, Dorothy and husband Richard Scovill Sr.; son, Earl Eugene and his wife Lillian; daughter, Hattie Harris and husband John Harris Sr; son, Robert; son, Jack; daughter, Pat; daughter, Brenda. Many grandkids, great-grandkids, and great-great-grandkids.

Obituary from newspaper:
Edna Lawton, 80, died Sept. 12, 1993, in the Independence Health Care Center, where she lived. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Carson Independence Chapel; burial in the Lee's Summit Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the chapel. Mrs. Lawton was born in Pleasant Hill in Cass County and was a lifelong area resident. Survivors include two sons, Earl Lawton, Deepwater, Mo., and Jack Lawton, Missouri; three daughters, Dorothy Scoville, Raytown, Patty Jenkins, Sunrise Beach, Mo., and Brenda Canterbury, Holden, Mo.; 18 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

Kansas City Star, The (MO) - Tuesday, September 14, 1993

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  • Created by: Sherry Relative Great-grandchild
  • Added: May 16, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8765933/edna_cleota-lawton: accessed ), memorial page for Edna Cleota Shields Lawton (31 Mar 1913–12 Sep 1993), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8765933, citing Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery, Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Sherry (contributor 46585091).