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Melvin Lawrence
24 Jul 1911 – 20 Jan 2005
| Birth | 24 Jul 1911 |
| Death | 20 Jan 2005 |
| Cemetery | Hicks Cemetery Theodosia , Ozark County , Missouri , USA |
| Added by | bill on 15 Jul 2007 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11444768 |
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A MOUNTAIN OF A MAN WAS MELVIN WHO WAS A TRUE LABORER IN HIS WORKING YEARS IN CONSTRUCTION. HE ALWAYS REMINDED ME OF POPEYE WITH SUCH HUGE BICEPS. HE WAS A GREAT MUSICIAN WHO PLAYED GUITAR AND HARMONICA AND WAS EVEN IN "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC" MAGAZINE WITH MY UNCLE ALTON JONES AND FRIEND GORDON PEACOCK, BOTH GREAT FRIENDS OF MELVIN. SADLY, THEY TOO HAVE PASSED AWAY. MELVIN WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE CORA, HIS PARENTS AND ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS, ESTES, ETHEL, AND ELVIN. MELVIN WAS THE SON OF CLEVE AND MILLIE (SHAW) LAWRENCE. HE AND CORA HACKLER WERE MARRIED ON HIS BIRTHDAY IN 1939 IN LONGRUN,MISSOURI. SERVICES FOR MELVIN WERE HELD AT TRUE HOPE GENERAL BAPTIST CHURCH WITH DOYLE TURNER OFFICIATING. HE WAS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, KENERD LAWRENCE AND HIS WIFE, NORMA, OF THEODOSIA; THREE GRANDCHILDREN; AND THREE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. PALLBEARERS WERE DAVID BURNETT, BILL MAHAN, BOB ELLISON, HARLIN CLAYTON, HERVIL D. CLAYTON, AND KIRBY REICH.
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