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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1950
Page
11
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Funeral services for Thornton Lawson senior, 65, who died January 24 at his home at 104 South Fayette Street, were held Friday January 27 at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev. Corey Mitchell officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery. Surviving include his son Thornton Lawson Jr, daughter-in-law Doris Lawson, grandson Thornton Lawson III, two sisters, a stepson, and many relatives.
A collection of brief items reports church services and guests in Beckley area. Stotesbury Baptist Church hosts Heaven Bound pageant at Magnitoha Baptist and St. John Baptist installs officers February 19. Founders Day Delta Sigma Theta Sorority observed with a dinner program at 430 South Fayette Beckley. Local visits from relatives are noted along with a Fayetteville Community Prayer Band gathering and Elks event with Nat Dickerson providing music. The feed closes with a dispatch on rail cooperation between Peiping Hankow and a note on Western Europe to Hong Kong travel possibility.
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