Leonard Eugene Lawson Jr.

LEONARD EUGENE LAWSON JR., 51, of Huntington passed away Thursday, January 8, 2004, at Kings Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, Ky. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Jefferson Avenue Church of God, Huntington, by Pastor Paul Farley, Pastor Greg Tomlinson and Rev. Darell Hager. Burial will be in Lawson Cemetery, Hamlin, W.Va. He was born August 16, 1952, in Cabell County, West Virginia, a son of Helen Marcum Lawson of Huntington and the late Leonard E. Lawson Sr. He was a retired self-employed mechanic, a member of the Jefferson Avenue Church of God and a veteran of the U.S. Navy. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a brother, Bruce E. Lawson. Survivors include his wife Patricia 'Patty' Fogg Lawson; a son and daughter-in-law, Leonard E. Lawson III and Emily Lawson of Arkansas; two daughters and sons-in-law, Jennifer and Aaron Swinford of Huntington and Pam and Darell Hager of South Point, Ohio; a grandson, Jared Hager; a sister, Marsha Lawson of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; his grandmother, Mae Marcum of Huntington; his mother-in-law, Virginia Fogg of Huntington, and many uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, sisters and brothers-in-law and a host of cousins. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Reger Funeral Home.