Funeral services for Vivian Lawson, 16 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Lawson of the Wheeling community, and an 11th grade student at the Atlanta High School, were held July 23 at the Montgomery Pentecostal Church. Burial followed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Winn Parish.
Lawson was found dead in his camp bed on July 22 by fellow workers on a tree deadening project in Avoyelles Parish near Ruby, La. An autopsy by the Avoyelles Parish coroner revealed that the cause of death was abnormal accumulation of fluid in the tissues of certain areas of the brain and lungs. There was no evidence of foul play or violence, according to reports.
The youth was working with a contractor near Ruby, La., when his death occurred.
Surviving besides his parents are one sister, Melba Holbrook, and one brother, Melvin, all of Route One, Montgomery.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA), August 1, 1957
Lawson was found dead in his camp bed on July 22 by fellow workers on a tree deadening project in Avoyelles Parish near Ruby, La. An autopsy by the Avoyelles Parish coroner revealed that the cause of death was abnormal accumulation of fluid in the tissues of certain areas of the brain and lungs. There was no evidence of foul play or violence, according to reports.
The youth was working with a contractor near Ruby, La., when his death occurred.
Surviving besides his parents are one sister, Melba Holbrook, and one brother, Melvin, all of Route One, Montgomery.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA), August 1, 1957
Funeral services for Vivian Lawson, 16 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Lawson of the Wheeling community, and an 11th grade student at the Atlanta High School, were held July 23 at the Montgomery Pentecostal Church. Burial followed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Winn Parish.
Lawson was found dead in his camp bed on July 22 by fellow workers on a tree deadening project in Avoyelles Parish near Ruby, La. An autopsy by the Avoyelles Parish coroner revealed that the cause of death was abnormal accumulation of fluid in the tissues of certain areas of the brain and lungs. There was no evidence of foul play or violence, according to reports.
The youth was working with a contractor near Ruby, La., when his death occurred.
Surviving besides his parents are one sister, Melba Holbrook, and one brother, Melvin, all of Route One, Montgomery.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA), August 1, 1957
Lawson was found dead in his camp bed on July 22 by fellow workers on a tree deadening project in Avoyelles Parish near Ruby, La. An autopsy by the Avoyelles Parish coroner revealed that the cause of death was abnormal accumulation of fluid in the tissues of certain areas of the brain and lungs. There was no evidence of foul play or violence, according to reports.
The youth was working with a contractor near Ruby, La., when his death occurred.
Surviving besides his parents are one sister, Melba Holbrook, and one brother, Melvin, all of Route One, Montgomery.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA), August 1, 1957
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