J. RUTLEDGE LAWSON
GREENVILLE - Dr. J. Rutledge Lawson, 84, passed away on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.
A native of Sumter, he was a son of the late John Perrin and Gladys Eadon Lawson. He was a member of the medical profession and a member of Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church. He held a commission as lieutenant colonel in the S.C. Army National Guard, where he was responsible for the sustainment training of all medics in the state of South Carolina.
Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Caroline Burrows Lawson; his children, Jeanne Lawson Williams (Joseph C.), John Rutledge Lawson (Pamela) and their children, Elizabeth Blake Lawson Sorrel (Mac), John Rutledge Lawson Jr. and Ashley Caroline Lawson Long (Zach); and Geoffrey Alexander Lawson; and his daughter, Jeanne Alexandra Lawson; and Mary Eadon Lawson Robinson and her children, Alexis Eadon Robinson and Ashby Guerra Robinson.
He was predeceased by a brother, John Perrin Lawson Jr.; and a sister, Jeanne Lawson Burrows.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Curtis Dubose.
The family will receive friends following the service at Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church.
The family requests that memorials be made to Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church, 207 Mitchell Road, Greenville, SC 29615 or Shriners Hospital for Children, 950 W. Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605.
Online condolences may be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com.
The Wood Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.