Joseph Marion Lawrence, Sr.

Joseph Marion Lawrence, Sr. passed from this life on Monday, January 10th, 2011 at Kindred Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 93. He was born on November 23rd, 1917 in Lindsay, Oklahoma to Harry Edwin Lawrence and Selina (Betts) Lawrence. Joe married Christine (Parr) Ferguson on October 23rd, 1991 in Arkansas. Joe was born and raised in Lindsay and graduated from Lindsay High School. He began working as a printer at the Lindsay News. From Lindsay, he moved to Shawnee to work and eventually relocated to Maryland where he enjoyed a long career as a printer for the U.S. Government in Washington, D.C. Upon his retirement, he moved back to Oklahoma and settled in Moore. Joe served his country during World War II in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was affiliated with the Lindsay Methodist Church and was a member of the Lindsay Masonic Lodge. Joe was an avid coin collector and Washington Redskins fan. Mr. Lawrence is survived by his wife, Christine Ferguson Lawrence, his son, Joseph Marion Lawrence, Jr., his step-sons, Larry K. Marks and B.T. Ferguson, his younger sister, BenaVee Lawrence Garrett, nine grandchildren; Brent Marks, Leigh Lawrence O?Brien, Todd Marks, Lynn Lawrence, Dustin Marks, Kristopher Ferguson, Ali Ferguson, Colby Ferguson and Adrienne Ferguson Jacobs and eleven great-grandchildren , Kyle Patrick O?Brien, Chase Ferguson, Mickinzi Ferguson, Leyton Jacobs, Arizona Ferguson, Jacob Marks, Treavor Marks, Ryan Marks, Terran Marks, Dylan Marks and Greyson Marks. Mr. Lawrence was preceded in death by his parents, Harry and Selina Lawrence, his siblings; Azelle Martin Watkins, Olan Martin, Mildred Ilene Lawrence and Maxie Lawrence Clymer and one step-son, Don Ferguson. Funeral services for Mr. Lawrence are set for ten o?clock a.m. on Monday, January 17th, 2011 at the B.G. Boydston Funeral Home Chapel located at 308 S.W. 3rd Street in Lindsay, Oklahoma with Rev. Ron King officiating. A private interment will follow at Green Hill Cemetery. Services are under the direction of B.G. Boydston Funeral Home of Lindsay, Oklahoma. The family requests that memorials be made to the charity of your choice. Condolences for the family may be made online at www.boydstonfuneralhome.com.

Joseph Marion Lawrence, Sr.

November 23, 1917 - January 10, 2011

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