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Charles Davis “Charlie” Lawson

Birth: 10 May 1886
Lawsonville, Stokes County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 25 Dec 1929 (aged 43)
Germanton, Stokes County, North Carolina, USA
Burial: Browder Family Cemetery

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Not now, but in the coming years
it will be in a better land,
We'll read the meaning of our tears,
and then sometime, we'll understand.

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Parents

William George Augustus "Gus" Lawson

1853–1919
Nancy Jane Hill Lawson

1862–1940

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Fannie Manring Lawson

1892–1929 (m. 1911)

Siblings

John W Lawson

1883–1962
Sara Etta Lawson Bullin

1884 – unknown
Docie A. Kathryn "Sissie" Lawson Bullins

1887–1979
Lizzie Lawson Riggs

1892–1920
Elijah Lee Lawson

1893–1945
Marion Fletcher Lawson

1894–1967
George Washington Lawson

1897–1971

Children

Marie Lavon Lawson

1912–1929
James Arthur "Buck" Lawson

1913–1945
William Sanders Lawson

1914–1920
Carrie Lu Lawson

1916–1929
Lucinda Maybell Lawson

1922–1929
James William Lawson

1925–1929
Raymond Lawson

1927–1929
Mary Lou Lawson

1929–1929

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Taken shortly before Christmas,1929.

Top Row, (L-R) James Arthur Lawson,16, Marie Lavon Lawson, 17, Charlie D. Lawson, 43, Fannie Manring Lawson, 37, Baby Mary Lou Lawson, 4-Months.

Bottom Row, (L-R) James William Lawson, 4, Maybell Lawson, 7, Raymond Lawson, 2, Carrie Lawson, 12.

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A studio portrait of the Lawsons taken days before Charlie Lawson murdered all but one of his family members.

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Charlie D. Lawson Gravesite

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Just before the Christmas of 1929, they paid for a family photo. Clockwise from top left, Arthur, 16, Marie, 17, Charles, 43, mother Fannie, 37, holding baby Mary Lou, Carrie, 12, Raymond, 2, Maybell, 7 and James, 4.

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PART 1 OF ARTICLE THE ELIZABETHTON STAR NEWSPAPER ELIZABETHTON, TENNESSEE 26 DEC 1929 FRONT PAGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON

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PART 4 OF ARTICLE THE ELIZABETHTON STAR NEWSPAPER ELIZABETHTON, TENNESSEE 26 DEC 1929 FRONT PAGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON

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Monroe News-Star - Tue - 31 Dec 1929 pg 2 (Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana)

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Headstone inscription reads "Not now, but in the coming years, it will be a better land, We'll read the meaning of our tears and then sometime we'll understand."

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Charles Davis “Charlie” Lawson

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William George Augustus "Gus" Lawson

Nancy Jane Hill Lawson

Fannie Manring Lawson

John W Lawson

Sara Etta Lawson Bullin

Docie A. Kathryn "Sissie" Lawson Bullins

Lizzie Lawson Riggs

Elijah Lee Lawson

Marion Fletcher Lawson

George Washington Lawson

Marie Lavon Lawson

James Arthur "Buck" Lawson

William Sanders Lawson

Carrie Lu Lawson

Lucinda Maybell Lawson

James William Lawson

Raymond Lawson

Mary Lou Lawson

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