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Donald E. Lawson

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Donald E. Lawson

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
5 May 2007 (aged 56)
Indiana, USA
Burial
Schererville, Lake County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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DONALD (DONNY)LAWSON WAS BORN ON AUGUST 14,1950 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MAY 5,2007. DONNY LIVED IN GARY,INDIANA WITH THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, EDITH CAMPBELL.
DONNY IS ALSO SURVIVED BY FOUR BROTHERS, ANTHONY GRESKE OF TEXAS AND JOHN GRESKE OF FLORIDA, WILLIAM LAWSON OF HAMMOND AND ART LAWSON OF FLORIDA. TWO SISTERS, MAMIE DAVIS OF ALABAMA AND REBECCA DUNCAN OF HAMMOND. ONE SON, CHAD LAWSON.
DONNY IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER MICKEY LAWSON OF TEXAS AND 3 SISTERS.
EDITH CAMPBELL WAS KNOWN AS EDITH YORK WHEN DONNY MET HER. SHE HAD LOST HER HUSBAND OF 17 YEARS TO DEATH AND EDITH AND DONNY BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS AND LOVERS. EDITH AND DONNY DIDN'T STAY TOGETHER BECAUSE EDITH'S MAIN PRIORITY AT THAT TIME WAS HER FIVE CHILDREN. THEY WERE SOUL MATES WHO BECAME SEPERATED. EDITH MET A MAN NAMED BILL AND THEY LOVED TO GO RIDING ON HIS MOTORCYCLE BUT ONE DAY BILL LOST CONTROL OF THE BIKE AND HE WAS KILLED TRYING TO SAVE EDITH. MANY YEARS AFTER BILL'S DEATH EDITH MET BENNIE AND SHE SPENT 20 ROCKY YEARS WITH HIM AND HIS ALCOHOLISM, BENNIE FINALLY LEFT AND THEY WERE DIVORCED. EDITH WAS DEVASTATED BY ALL THE SADNESS IN HER LIFE BUT THAT ALL CHANGED FOR AWHILE WHEN DONNY CAME BACK INTO HER LIFE AND THEY SHARED 7 YEARS TOGETHER AS LOVERS AND BEST FRIENDS.SADLY ON VALENTINES DAY OF 2007, DONNY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADVANCED LUNG CANCER. EDITH CRIED LIKE NEVER BEFORE. BUT SHE NEVER GAVE UP HOPE. SHE CARED FOR DONNY ALL THE WAY UNTIL SHE KNEW SHE COULD NO LONGER CARE FOR HIM, DONNY WENT TO HOSPICE ON MAY 4,2007 BUT EDITH STAYED BY HIS SIDE. DURING HIS MONTHS OF ILLNESS, EDITH OFTEN READ THE BIBLE TO HIM AND LEAD DONNY TO ACCEPT JESUS BEFORE HIS DEATH. IN DONNY'S FINAL DAYS HE WOULD SIT AND REACH UP LIKE HE WAS PICKING SOMETHING OFF A TREE AND EATING IT. WE BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT TREES IN HEAVEN BEARING FRUIT AND WE BELIEVE THAT DONNY WAS SEEING INTO HEAVEN AS EDITH'S DAUGHTER DEBBIE DID BEFORE HER DEATH AND EDITH'S BROTHER IN LAW ALSO DID THIS SAME THING. IN DONNY'S LAST HOURS HE COULD NOT SPEAK OR MOVE ANYMORE BUT HE WAS A FIGHTER AND HE BREATHED ON HIS OWN UNTIL 2:20 AM WHEN AS EDITH SAID THE ANGELS CAME AND TOOK HIM HOME.
IN DONNY'S LIFE HE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE U.S. AND HE LOVED CARS, HE MADE BUYING AND FIXING CARS HIS LIFE'S WORK, IN HIS LAST DAYS HE SAID, I HAVE BEEN EVERYWHERE AND DONE EVERYTHING AND NOW I'M READY TO GO HOME.FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD MAY 8,2007 AT LINCOLN RIDGE FUNERAL HOME IN SCHEREVILLE INDIANA. MY HEART BREAKS FOR MY MOTHER AND SHE HAS ASKED ME TO BE WITH HER ALL OF TUESDAY TO HELP HER THROUGH AND I SAID I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR HER, THE BIBLE SAYS HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER AND THY DAYS SHALL BE LONG UPON THE EARTH. DONNY WILL BE MISSED BY ALL AND HE HAD SO MANY FRIENDS BUT EDITH WILL MISS HIM MOST OF ALL, SHE SAYS, HER AND DONNY,S HEARTS WILL BE FOREVER TOGETHER.
DONALD (DONNY)LAWSON WAS BORN ON AUGUST 14,1950 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MAY 5,2007. DONNY LIVED IN GARY,INDIANA WITH THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, EDITH CAMPBELL.
DONNY IS ALSO SURVIVED BY FOUR BROTHERS, ANTHONY GRESKE OF TEXAS AND JOHN GRESKE OF FLORIDA, WILLIAM LAWSON OF HAMMOND AND ART LAWSON OF FLORIDA. TWO SISTERS, MAMIE DAVIS OF ALABAMA AND REBECCA DUNCAN OF HAMMOND. ONE SON, CHAD LAWSON.
DONNY IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER MICKEY LAWSON OF TEXAS AND 3 SISTERS.
EDITH CAMPBELL WAS KNOWN AS EDITH YORK WHEN DONNY MET HER. SHE HAD LOST HER HUSBAND OF 17 YEARS TO DEATH AND EDITH AND DONNY BECAME CLOSE FRIENDS AND LOVERS. EDITH AND DONNY DIDN'T STAY TOGETHER BECAUSE EDITH'S MAIN PRIORITY AT THAT TIME WAS HER FIVE CHILDREN. THEY WERE SOUL MATES WHO BECAME SEPERATED. EDITH MET A MAN NAMED BILL AND THEY LOVED TO GO RIDING ON HIS MOTORCYCLE BUT ONE DAY BILL LOST CONTROL OF THE BIKE AND HE WAS KILLED TRYING TO SAVE EDITH. MANY YEARS AFTER BILL'S DEATH EDITH MET BENNIE AND SHE SPENT 20 ROCKY YEARS WITH HIM AND HIS ALCOHOLISM, BENNIE FINALLY LEFT AND THEY WERE DIVORCED. EDITH WAS DEVASTATED BY ALL THE SADNESS IN HER LIFE BUT THAT ALL CHANGED FOR AWHILE WHEN DONNY CAME BACK INTO HER LIFE AND THEY SHARED 7 YEARS TOGETHER AS LOVERS AND BEST FRIENDS.SADLY ON VALENTINES DAY OF 2007, DONNY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADVANCED LUNG CANCER. EDITH CRIED LIKE NEVER BEFORE. BUT SHE NEVER GAVE UP HOPE. SHE CARED FOR DONNY ALL THE WAY UNTIL SHE KNEW SHE COULD NO LONGER CARE FOR HIM, DONNY WENT TO HOSPICE ON MAY 4,2007 BUT EDITH STAYED BY HIS SIDE. DURING HIS MONTHS OF ILLNESS, EDITH OFTEN READ THE BIBLE TO HIM AND LEAD DONNY TO ACCEPT JESUS BEFORE HIS DEATH. IN DONNY'S FINAL DAYS HE WOULD SIT AND REACH UP LIKE HE WAS PICKING SOMETHING OFF A TREE AND EATING IT. WE BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT TREES IN HEAVEN BEARING FRUIT AND WE BELIEVE THAT DONNY WAS SEEING INTO HEAVEN AS EDITH'S DAUGHTER DEBBIE DID BEFORE HER DEATH AND EDITH'S BROTHER IN LAW ALSO DID THIS SAME THING. IN DONNY'S LAST HOURS HE COULD NOT SPEAK OR MOVE ANYMORE BUT HE WAS A FIGHTER AND HE BREATHED ON HIS OWN UNTIL 2:20 AM WHEN AS EDITH SAID THE ANGELS CAME AND TOOK HIM HOME.
IN DONNY'S LIFE HE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE U.S. AND HE LOVED CARS, HE MADE BUYING AND FIXING CARS HIS LIFE'S WORK, IN HIS LAST DAYS HE SAID, I HAVE BEEN EVERYWHERE AND DONE EVERYTHING AND NOW I'M READY TO GO HOME.FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD MAY 8,2007 AT LINCOLN RIDGE FUNERAL HOME IN SCHEREVILLE INDIANA. MY HEART BREAKS FOR MY MOTHER AND SHE HAS ASKED ME TO BE WITH HER ALL OF TUESDAY TO HELP HER THROUGH AND I SAID I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR HER, THE BIBLE SAYS HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER AND THY DAYS SHALL BE LONG UPON THE EARTH. DONNY WILL BE MISSED BY ALL AND HE HAD SO MANY FRIENDS BUT EDITH WILL MISS HIM MOST OF ALL, SHE SAYS, HER AND DONNY,S HEARTS WILL BE FOREVER TOGETHER.

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  • Created by: Pamela
  • Added: May 7, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19286048/donald_e-lawson: accessed ), memorial page for Donald E. Lawson (14 Aug 1950–5 May 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19286048, citing Memory Lane Memorial Cemetery, Schererville, Lake County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Pamela (contributor 46591450).