Herby Lee Lawson

Funeral Services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Friday February 10, 2017 at Maranatha Baptist Church for Herby Lee Lawson, age 84 of Gainesville. The Rev. Rod Bell Jr., and Rev. Delma Simmons will officiate. The body will lie-in-state from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the church. Interment will follow at Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Lawson passed away Monday February 6, 2017.

Mr. Lawson was born in Hall County to the late Joseph T. Lawson and Alice Grant Lawson. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and retired from Chicopee Manufacturing. He was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and trustee of the church. He was also a member of the Georgia J&J Retirees Organization, Georgia Missionary Parents Fellowship, Hall County Tax Equalization Board and was a volunteer for the NGHS Auxiliary. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother, J.T. Lawson.

Survivors include wife, Naomi Rail Lawson, Gainesville, son and daughter-in-law, Glen and Mary Lawson, Gainesville, grandchildren, Patricia Lawson, Gainesville, David Lawson, Gainesville, daughter, Jane Lawson, Johannesburg, RSA, brothers and sisters-in-law, Tommy and Janice Lawson, Manassas, VA, Roy and Doris Lawson, Gainesville, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Vivian and Johnny Cain, Cleveland, Irma and David Light, Clermont, Lanis Rail, Clermont and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews.

Flowers are accepted or donations may be made to Cool Springs Cemetery Fund C/O Todd Clark 4581 Will Wallace Road Gainesville, GA 30506.

Condolences may be made online at wardsfh.com Ward’s Funeral Home 758 Main Street S.W. Gainesville in charge of arrangements.