Obituary for Robert Lawson
Robert Stanley Lawson, age 77, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 19, 2020 at his home in Pine Knot, Kentucky.
Funeral services were held Friday, January 24, 2020 at 3:00 pm at the Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home with Bro. Harold Long officiating. Burial was in the Pine Knot Cemetery.
He was born March 21, 1942 in Whitley City, Kentucky to William Zelma Lawson and Alberta Long Lawson. Robert was a follower of the Church of God faith and a member of the Orie S. Ware Lodge. He retired from Highland Telephone Cooperative in 2002, after many years of service. In his spare time, Robert enjoyed hunting, fishing, and playing pranks.
Preceding Robert in death were his parents, his stepmother, Mamie Strunk, and an infant brother, Jack Lawson.
Robert is survived by his wife, Betty Lawson of Pine Knot, a daughter, Christy Midden and her husband, Jeff, of Houston, Texas, a son, Barry Singleton and his wife, Tanya, of Parkers Lake, a sister, Janie Stanley of Knoxville, Tennessee, a nephew, David Gover, of Raleigh, North Carolina, two grandchildren, Brandon Singleton and Holly Singleton, and a great grandson, Kardyn Staley.
Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home was honored to serve the family of Robert Lawson.
Funeral services were held Friday, January 24, 2020 at 3:00 pm at the Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home with Bro. Harold Long officiating. Burial was in the Pine Knot Cemetery.
He was born March 21, 1942 in Whitley City, Kentucky to William Zelma Lawson and Alberta Long Lawson. Robert was a follower of the Church of God faith and a member of the Orie S. Ware Lodge. He retired from Highland Telephone Cooperative in 2002, after many years of service. In his spare time, Robert enjoyed hunting, fishing, and playing pranks.
Preceding Robert in death were his parents, his stepmother, Mamie Strunk, and an infant brother, Jack Lawson.
Robert is survived by his wife, Betty Lawson of Pine Knot, a daughter, Christy Midden and her husband, Jeff, of Houston, Texas, a son, Barry Singleton and his wife, Tanya, of Parkers Lake, a sister, Janie Stanley of Knoxville, Tennessee, a nephew, David Gover, of Raleigh, North Carolina, two grandchildren, Brandon Singleton and Holly Singleton, and a great grandson, Kardyn Staley.
Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home was honored to serve the family of Robert Lawson.