Mildred Joan Lawson was born in 1925 in Kellyville, Oklahoma to Clifford and Frances Waite. After graduating from Sapulpa High School in 1942, she graduated from William Woods College in Fulton Missouri with an associate’s degree in journalism. She also attended the University of Oklahoma. After college, she worked for the Sapulpa Democrat News newspaper and wrote a society column for the Littleton, Colorado newspaper. Joan married Robert “Bob” Lawson of Sapulpa, Oklahoma in 1945. They were married for 73 years, until his death earlier this year. Joan was a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood for 71 years. She was an accomplished artist and was known for her beautiful paintings of clouds, earning her the nickname, “The Cloud Lady.” Joan was a member of Nacogdoches First United Methodist Church until moving to Tyler in 2012. She was a member of Marvin United Methodist Church in Tyler.
Joan was preceded in death by her loving husband, Bob; parents, Clifford and Frances Waite; brother, Clinton Waite and sister, Ethelyn Haynes.
Joan was preceded in death by her loving husband, Bob; parents, Clifford and Frances Waite; brother, Clinton Waite and sister, Ethelyn Haynes.
Mildred Joan Lawson was born in 1925 in Kellyville, Oklahoma to Clifford and Frances Waite. After graduating from Sapulpa High School in 1942, she graduated from William Woods College in Fulton Missouri with an associate’s degree in journalism. She also attended the University of Oklahoma. After college, she worked for the Sapulpa Democrat News newspaper and wrote a society column for the Littleton, Colorado newspaper. Joan married Robert “Bob” Lawson of Sapulpa, Oklahoma in 1945. They were married for 73 years, until his death earlier this year. Joan was a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood for 71 years. She was an accomplished artist and was known for her beautiful paintings of clouds, earning her the nickname, “The Cloud Lady.” Joan was a member of Nacogdoches First United Methodist Church until moving to Tyler in 2012. She was a member of Marvin United Methodist Church in Tyler.
Joan was preceded in death by her loving husband, Bob; parents, Clifford and Frances Waite; brother, Clinton Waite and sister, Ethelyn Haynes.
Joan was preceded in death by her loving husband, Bob; parents, Clifford and Frances Waite; brother, Clinton Waite and sister, Ethelyn Haynes.
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