Obituary of Lee Lawson

Lee Lawson age 78, passed away on October 2, 2010. He is survived by his wife Shirley Lawson of Coldsprings, Texas. Lee is also survived by his two sons Tom Lawson and Kelly Lawson; his two daughters Jacqueline Tomlinson and her husband Scott and Angela Lawson. Lee was one of thirteen brothers and sisters. He has six grandchildren Brandy, Kristi, Janna, Jayme, Erik and Kyle; and four great grandchildren Dalton, David, Kimber and Carter; and a host of many other family and friends. Lee was a military man his entire life working for the government. He first started out in the Air Corp and finished his military career in the Air Force. Lee then went to work for NASA for twenty nine years. He was a quality control inspector for most of those years before he retired in 1995. Lee was always a good provider for his family. In his early years as a father you would always see him at all the boy’s sports activities when they were growing up. Lee was very mechanical and could fix just about anything. Lee and Shirley moved up to the Lake Livingston area after his retirement where he enjoyed fishing, gardening and spending time with his grandchildren. Lee enjoyed watching and keeping up with all types of sports and he was a big Dallas Cowboy fan. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at Houston National Cemetery at 2:00 pm, www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/houston.asp . Full honors will be presented by the District Four Honor Guard.