Lawrence Howard Colson

Lawrence Howard Colson Sr. was born in Laurel, Mississippi on March 29, 1938 to Howard and Kathleen Murphy Colson. Lawrence passed away at his home in Scurry on August 26, 2011. He was raised in Jackson, Miss. and worked in New Orleans as a Roughneck on an offshore oilrig. Lawrence later moved to Texas in 1969 and then went to work for J-Del Delivery in Dallas where he worked for thirty years. He moved to Scurry in 1979 where he was self-employed as a mechanic. Lawrence was a Past Master of Kemp Masonic Lodge and the Kaufman Masonic Lodge in Scurry. He had been a Mason since 1986. On October 1, 1977 Lawrence married Cecelia Butler in Dallas, Texas. His daughters Shelia Ann Colson and Kathilene Huff and four grandchildren preceded Lawrence in death. Lawrence is survived by his wife: Cecelia of Scurry, sons: Lawrence Howard Colson Jr. of Spearfish, South Dakota, Timothy Gregory Colson of Royce City and Michael Bennett of Murchison, daughters: Regina Delagarza of Dallas, Elizabeth Shofstall of Bethel, Ohio and Tanya Garrett of Carrolton, brothers: Shelby Ray Colson of Megee, Mississippi and Charles Richard Colson, sisters: Kathleen Melton of Laurel, Miss. Lonette Weiters of San Antonio and Lola Maroney of Arkansas, twenty grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren and many other relatives.