Harry Samuel Lawson, 95, of Eden passed away on Friday morning, September 25, 2020 at his residence.

A funeral service will be held at 3 pm Sunday, September 27, 2020 at Boone & Cooke, Inc. Funeral Home Chapel.  Interment will follow in Ridge-View Memorial Gardens.  The family will receive friends from 2 until 3 pm on Sunday at the funeral home before the service and other times at the residence.

Harry was born in Meadows of Dan, Virginia on March 18, 1925, a son of Samuel Preston Lawson and Sarah Ellen Edwards Lawson, both deceased.  He was a World War II Army veteran and retired from Duke Power.  He was a member of Leaksville Christian Church where he served as a deacon.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Mildred Combs, Elsie Howard, Edith Reynolds, Vergie Lawson, Mable Lawson and Ella Lawson; and his brothers, John Lawson, Albert Lawson and Glenn Lawson.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Carter Lawson; his children, Brenda Morris, Libby Lawson, Deb Swartzlander and Sam Lawson; his grandchildren, Betsy Yeatts and husband Mike, Rick Morris and wife Crystal, Kristy Cox and husband, Bryan, Matthew Caillouet and wife Kelli, Sara Brown and husband Justin, Garth Swartzlander, Anna Swartzlander and Tommy Anderson; his great grandchildren, Noah, Tylan, Ariell, Lucas, Kamrie, Bryce, Zachary, Joshua, Sophia, Abigayle, Alyssa and Brayden; and his great great grandchild, Tanner.