Susan L. Lawson

Susan L. Lawson, 47, of Columbus, Ind., died at 8:09 p.m. Saturday, August 23, 2008 at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Franklin, Ind. Susan attended grade school at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Pittsburg, was a 1978 graduate of Pittsburg High School and a 1991 graduate of Pittsburg School of Cosmetology. Susan was a cosmetologist in Pittsburg and a bank teller at First State Bank & Trust in Pittsburg and at CENTRA Credit Union in Columbus. She was a member of Faith Ministries and enjoyed dancing, playing cards and watching TV.

The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at Barkes, Weaver & Glick Funeral Home Washington Street in Columbus with the Rev. Tony McClendon and Joe Tucker officiating. Calling will be from 5p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, and from 9 a.m. until service time Thursday. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Online condolences may be sent to Susan’s family at www.barkesweaverglick.com.

Born in Parsons, KS December 23, 1960, Susan was the daughter of Houston “Junior” and Rossa Mack Stevens; she married George E. Lawson Jr. in Kansas.

Survivors include her ex-husband, George E. Lawson Jr. of Columbus; daughters, Amber Russ of Joplin, Mo., and Daneisha and Aaliyah Lawson both of Columbus. Four grandchildren; a brother, Houston “Butch” Stevens Jr. of Albuquerque, N.M., and several nieces, nephews and close friends.

Susan was preceded in death by her father; her mother, Rossa Henderson and a sister, Barbara Barber.