Betty Reach
1882-1940
Born: Bibb, Alabama, USA
Died: West Blocton, Bibb, Alabama, USA
<p>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtcarmelcemetery/mtcarmel.pdf </p><strong><font face="Times New Roman"><p align="left">Lawrence, Betty, July 22, 1882 – December 1, 1940 <font face="Times New Roman">[wife of Frank Lawrence]</font></p></font></strong><em><font face="Times New Roman">Blocton Enterprise</font></em><font face="Times New Roman">, Thursday, 12 December 1940</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <p align="left">Mrs. Lawrence Claimed By Death</p>Mrs. Bettie Lawrence, age 59, passed away Sunday, December 1</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">st</font></font><font face="Times New Roman">, at the home</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <p align="left">of her daughter, Mrs. James Townsend, of West Blocton, Ala., after a long period</p><p align="left">of illness.</p><p align="left">She leaves to mourn her going four daughters, Mrs. James Townsend, West</p><p align="left">Blocton, Ala., Mrs. Elbert Weaver, West Blocton, Ala., Mrs. Arthur Hall,</p><p align="left">Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. H. A. Stanley, Maylene, Ala.; four sons, Mr. Frank</p><p align="left">Lawrence, West Blocton, Ala., Mr. Mike Lawrence, Broomfield, Colo., Mr. Louis</p><p align="left">Lawrence, Denver, Colo., and Mr. Aussie Lawrence, South Alabama; three</p><p align="left">sisters, Mrs. Carl Dyer, West Blocton, Ala., Mrs. Fred Thrasher, West Blocton,</p><p align="left">Ala., and Mrs. H. H. Dill, Birmingham, Ala.</p><p align="left">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</p><p align="left">Services For Mrs. Bettie Lawrence</p>Mrs. Bettie Lawrence, age 58, passed away Sunday, December 1</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">st</font></font><font face="Times New Roman">, at the home</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <p align="left">of her daughter, Mrs. James Townsend on Smith Hill. She is survived by four</p><p align="left">daughters, four sons and two sisters.</p>Funeral services were held on Tuesday, December 3</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">rd </font></font><font face="Times New Roman">at Mt. Carmel Church</font><font face="Times New Roman"> <p align="left">with the Rev. Rich Henderson officiating. Interment in Mt. Carmel Cemetery</p><p>with Collins in charge.</p></font>

Ada Thrasher is my grandmother. Merdie Dyer us my great aunt. gorman60@comcast.net