Verla Marie Lawson Obituary (1931 - 2021)

LAWSONVILLE - Verla Marie Nichols Lawson, 90, passed away, Saturday, June 12, 2021, at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at Colonial Funeral Home Stokes Chapel. Interment will follow in Snow Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12 to 2 p.m., prior to the service, and other times at the home of her grandson, Travis and Amber Lawson, 1068 Pringle Rd, Lawsonville, NC 27022 Mrs. Lawson was born, March 7, 1931, in Floyd, VA, to the late Leonard and Maggie Peters Nichols. She attended Dan River Baptist Church. She loved all her family and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph J. Lawson; grandson, Shawn Lawson; and sister, Agnes Sutphin. Survivors include her son, Stanley Lawson (Donna); grandsons, Dustin Lawson (Mary Beth) and Travis Lawson (Amber); great grandchildren, Matthew, Ty, Sadie, Kylie, Kaydence, Ellorie, Ayden, and Brayden Lawson; and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Snow Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, c/o Jimmy Tucker, 1997 Sheppard Mill Rd, Danbury, NC 27016. The family would like to express a special thanks to Mountain Valley Hospice for their care and also her special caregivers, Neil Crissman and Brenda Cox. Colonial Funeral Home Stokes Chapel in Sandy Ridge is serving the family. Online condolences may be offered at www.colonialfh.net.