Lawrence Albert Jamison
February 22, 1935- February 21, 2017
Lawrence Albert Jamison joined his beloved wife Elsa Emmerich Jamison in death on the last day of his eighty-second year. He was born on February 22 1935 to Clarence Lee Jamison, Sr. and Willie Pearl Claitor Jamison in Amarillo, TX.
Lawrence had many tales of an adventurous childhood, especially from his early years in Ardmore, OK.
The Jamison family moved to Shreveport, LA at the beginning of W.W.II, where Lawrence settled in as both an avid baseball player and a hard worker. At only twelve years of age he was driving a truck for his father's grocery store, making ice deliveries for home refrigeration. He also clerked and did stocking and chores. His pitching was good enough to win an invitation to spring training with the Milwaukee Braves and, after deciding he didn't want to be a career minor-leaguer, a full scholarship at Centenary College.
In the cafeteria checkout line at Centenary he helped a pretty pre-med student named Elsa Emmerich by teaching her how to make change. Six months later, Labor Day of 1956, they were married. Though he was seriously dyslexic and could read only with difficulty, Lawrence was deeply curious and had an abiding love of History. The leverage of that curiosity, along with Elsa's encouragement, pushed him to improve his reading. The new couple began to fill their home with books on everything from Science to Philosophy, which he read more and more avidly as his reading skills improved. Together, they also explored the genealogy of the two sides of the family.
Always graphically gifted, Lawrence got a job as a draftsman with United Gas Pipeline Company in Shreveport, working under the famous John Scopes. From that humble beginning he would work his way up the career ladder and, without the benefit of a degree in the field, earn certification as a professional geophysicist in 1978. Though Lawrence was a member for more than four decades of the Houston Geological Society and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, when jobs became scarce in the oil industry in Houston he transitioned to teaching. Specializing in at-risk students and students with severe disciplinary issues he taught high school for a decade in the Klein Independent School District.
Lawrence was the picture of a loving and giving husband, father, and grandfather. He helped with church projects, building sets for plays, and Boy Scouts. He watched over the completion of homework. He taught research skills. He had a keen ability to identify the key concepts that could lead a questioning young mind to clarity. He ran miles catching one son's footballs, while being a different kind of father for each of his very different sons. He also stood fiercely by his wife as she suffered mental illness, and supported her as she painfully recovered her ability to cope. Finally, he stood just as fiercely with her as Alzheimer's dripped her slowly away. He had a deep courage to love her when all there seemed to be of her was in his eyes. And when she was gone it was as though most, if not all, of him had been wrung out with her.
Lawrence was preceded in death by his his loving wife of 60 years, Elsa Ann Emmerich Jamison, his parents, Clarence Lee Jamison and Willie Pearl Claitor Jamison Hurley, his step-father Glen Hurley, and his younger brother, Victor Alvin Jamison.
He is survived by his sons, Lee Emmerich Jamison and his wife, Melinda Olson Jamison, Andrew Christopher Jamison and Dennis O'Briant Jamison and his wife Julie Swift Jamison,
grandchildren, David Jamison, Amy Jamison, Amber Jamison, Wesley Jamison, Nicholas Hansen, Jonathan Swift, Kerry (Jamison) Moore and Aaron Jamison; great-grandchildren, Lilly Kramer, Mason Kramer, Noah Kramer, Justyce Moore; along with a host of cousins, nieces, and nephews
Klein Funeral Home
February 22, 1935- February 21, 2017
Lawrence Albert Jamison joined his beloved wife Elsa Emmerich Jamison in death on the last day of his eighty-second year. He was born on February 22 1935 to Clarence Lee Jamison, Sr. and Willie Pearl Claitor Jamison in Amarillo, TX.
Lawrence had many tales of an adventurous childhood, especially from his early years in Ardmore, OK.
The Jamison family moved to Shreveport, LA at the beginning of W.W.II, where Lawrence settled in as both an avid baseball player and a hard worker. At only twelve years of age he was driving a truck for his father's grocery store, making ice deliveries for home refrigeration. He also clerked and did stocking and chores. His pitching was good enough to win an invitation to spring training with the Milwaukee Braves and, after deciding he didn't want to be a career minor-leaguer, a full scholarship at Centenary College.
In the cafeteria checkout line at Centenary he helped a pretty pre-med student named Elsa Emmerich by teaching her how to make change. Six months later, Labor Day of 1956, they were married. Though he was seriously dyslexic and could read only with difficulty, Lawrence was deeply curious and had an abiding love of History. The leverage of that curiosity, along with Elsa's encouragement, pushed him to improve his reading. The new couple began to fill their home with books on everything from Science to Philosophy, which he read more and more avidly as his reading skills improved. Together, they also explored the genealogy of the two sides of the family.
Always graphically gifted, Lawrence got a job as a draftsman with United Gas Pipeline Company in Shreveport, working under the famous John Scopes. From that humble beginning he would work his way up the career ladder and, without the benefit of a degree in the field, earn certification as a professional geophysicist in 1978. Though Lawrence was a member for more than four decades of the Houston Geological Society and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, when jobs became scarce in the oil industry in Houston he transitioned to teaching. Specializing in at-risk students and students with severe disciplinary issues he taught high school for a decade in the Klein Independent School District.
Lawrence was the picture of a loving and giving husband, father, and grandfather. He helped with church projects, building sets for plays, and Boy Scouts. He watched over the completion of homework. He taught research skills. He had a keen ability to identify the key concepts that could lead a questioning young mind to clarity. He ran miles catching one son's footballs, while being a different kind of father for each of his very different sons. He also stood fiercely by his wife as she suffered mental illness, and supported her as she painfully recovered her ability to cope. Finally, he stood just as fiercely with her as Alzheimer's dripped her slowly away. He had a deep courage to love her when all there seemed to be of her was in his eyes. And when she was gone it was as though most, if not all, of him had been wrung out with her.
Lawrence was preceded in death by his his loving wife of 60 years, Elsa Ann Emmerich Jamison, his parents, Clarence Lee Jamison and Willie Pearl Claitor Jamison Hurley, his step-father Glen Hurley, and his younger brother, Victor Alvin Jamison.
He is survived by his sons, Lee Emmerich Jamison and his wife, Melinda Olson Jamison, Andrew Christopher Jamison and Dennis O'Briant Jamison and his wife Julie Swift Jamison,
grandchildren, David Jamison, Amy Jamison, Amber Jamison, Wesley Jamison, Nicholas Hansen, Jonathan Swift, Kerry (Jamison) Moore and Aaron Jamison; great-grandchildren, Lilly Kramer, Mason Kramer, Noah Kramer, Justyce Moore; along with a host of cousins, nieces, and nephews
Klein Funeral Home
Lawrence Albert Jamison
February 22, 1935- February 21, 2017
Lawrence Albert Jamison joined his beloved wife Elsa Emmerich Jamison in death on the last day of his eighty-second year. He was born on February 22 1935 to Clarence Lee Jamison, Sr. and Willie Pearl Claitor Jamison in Amarillo, TX.
Lawrence had many tales of an adventurous childhood, especially from his early years in Ardmore, OK.
The Jamison family moved to Shreveport, LA at the beginning of W.W.II, where Lawrence settled in as both an avid baseball player and a hard worker. At only twelve years of age he was driving a truck for his father's grocery store, making ice deliveries for home refrigeration. He also clerked and did stocking and chores. His pitching was good enough to win an invitation to spring training with the Milwaukee Braves and, after deciding he didn't want to be a career minor-leaguer, a full scholarship at Centenary College.
In the cafeteria checkout line at Centenary he helped a pretty pre-med student named Elsa Emmerich by teaching her how to make change. Six months later, Labor Day of 1956, they were married. Though he was seriously dyslexic and could read only with difficulty, Lawrence was deeply curious and had an abiding love of History. The leverage of that curiosity, along with Elsa's encouragement, pushed him to improve his reading. The new couple began to fill their home with books on everything from Science to Philosophy, which he read more and more avidly as his reading skills improved. Together, they also explored the genealogy of the two sides of the family.
Always graphically gifted, Lawrence got a job as a draftsman with United Gas Pipeline Company in Shreveport, working under the famous John Scopes. From that humble beginning he would work his way up the career ladder and, without the benefit of a degree in the field, earn certification as a professional geophysicist in 1978. Though Lawrence was a member for more than four decades of the Houston Geological Society and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, when jobs became scarce in the oil industry in Houston he transitioned to teaching. Specializing in at-risk students and students with severe disciplinary issues he taught high school for a decade in the Klein Independent School District.
Lawrence was the picture of a loving and giving husband, father, and grandfather. He helped with church projects, building sets for plays, and Boy Scouts. He watched over the completion of homework. He taught research skills. He had a keen ability to identify the key concepts that could lead a questioning young mind to clarity. He ran miles catching one son's footballs, while being a different kind of father for each of his very different sons. He also stood fiercely by his wife as she suffered mental illness, and supported her as she painfully recovered her ability to cope. Finally, he stood just as fiercely with her as Alzheimer's dripped her slowly away. He had a deep courage to love her when all there seemed to be of her was in his eyes. And when she was gone it was as though most, if not all, of him had been wrung out with her.
Lawrence was preceded in death by his his loving wife of 60 years, Elsa Ann Emmerich Jamison, his parents, Clarence Lee Jamison and Willie Pearl Claitor Jamison Hurley, his step-father Glen Hurley, and his younger brother, Victor Alvin Jamison.
He is survived by his sons, Lee Emmerich Jamison and his wife, Melinda Olson Jamison, Andrew Christopher Jamison and Dennis O'Briant Jamison and his wife Julie Swift Jamison,
grandchildren, David Jamison, Amy Jamison, Amber Jamison, Wesley Jamison, Nicholas Hansen, Jonathan Swift, Kerry (Jamison) Moore and Aaron Jamison; great-grandchildren, Lilly Kramer, Mason Kramer, Noah Kramer, Justyce Moore; along with a host of cousins, nieces, and nephews
Klein Funeral Home
February 22, 1935- February 21, 2017
Lawrence Albert Jamison joined his beloved wife Elsa Emmerich Jamison in death on the last day of his eighty-second year. He was born on February 22 1935 to Clarence Lee Jamison, Sr. and Willie Pearl Claitor Jamison in Amarillo, TX.
Lawrence had many tales of an adventurous childhood, especially from his early years in Ardmore, OK.
The Jamison family moved to Shreveport, LA at the beginning of W.W.II, where Lawrence settled in as both an avid baseball player and a hard worker. At only twelve years of age he was driving a truck for his father's grocery store, making ice deliveries for home refrigeration. He also clerked and did stocking and chores. His pitching was good enough to win an invitation to spring training with the Milwaukee Braves and, after deciding he didn't want to be a career minor-leaguer, a full scholarship at Centenary College.
In the cafeteria checkout line at Centenary he helped a pretty pre-med student named Elsa Emmerich by teaching her how to make change. Six months later, Labor Day of 1956, they were married. Though he was seriously dyslexic and could read only with difficulty, Lawrence was deeply curious and had an abiding love of History. The leverage of that curiosity, along with Elsa's encouragement, pushed him to improve his reading. The new couple began to fill their home with books on everything from Science to Philosophy, which he read more and more avidly as his reading skills improved. Together, they also explored the genealogy of the two sides of the family.
Always graphically gifted, Lawrence got a job as a draftsman with United Gas Pipeline Company in Shreveport, working under the famous John Scopes. From that humble beginning he would work his way up the career ladder and, without the benefit of a degree in the field, earn certification as a professional geophysicist in 1978. Though Lawrence was a member for more than four decades of the Houston Geological Society and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, when jobs became scarce in the oil industry in Houston he transitioned to teaching. Specializing in at-risk students and students with severe disciplinary issues he taught high school for a decade in the Klein Independent School District.
Lawrence was the picture of a loving and giving husband, father, and grandfather. He helped with church projects, building sets for plays, and Boy Scouts. He watched over the completion of homework. He taught research skills. He had a keen ability to identify the key concepts that could lead a questioning young mind to clarity. He ran miles catching one son's footballs, while being a different kind of father for each of his very different sons. He also stood fiercely by his wife as she suffered mental illness, and supported her as she painfully recovered her ability to cope. Finally, he stood just as fiercely with her as Alzheimer's dripped her slowly away. He had a deep courage to love her when all there seemed to be of her was in his eyes. And when she was gone it was as though most, if not all, of him had been wrung out with her.
Lawrence was preceded in death by his his loving wife of 60 years, Elsa Ann Emmerich Jamison, his parents, Clarence Lee Jamison and Willie Pearl Claitor Jamison Hurley, his step-father Glen Hurley, and his younger brother, Victor Alvin Jamison.
He is survived by his sons, Lee Emmerich Jamison and his wife, Melinda Olson Jamison, Andrew Christopher Jamison and Dennis O'Briant Jamison and his wife Julie Swift Jamison,
grandchildren, David Jamison, Amy Jamison, Amber Jamison, Wesley Jamison, Nicholas Hansen, Jonathan Swift, Kerry (Jamison) Moore and Aaron Jamison; great-grandchildren, Lilly Kramer, Mason Kramer, Noah Kramer, Justyce Moore; along with a host of cousins, nieces, and nephews
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