Deloy Lawson

CORNING, Ark. — Mr. Deloy J. Lawson, 93, of Paragould, Arkansas, passed away Friday, June 26, 2020, at home.

Mr. Lawson was born in Neelyville, Missouri, on Nov. 12, 1926. He retired after 49 years as a construction superintendent from Clay County Electric. He proudly served his country as a member of the United States Navy during World War II. He was an LCT driver during the Normandy Invasion, Omaha Beach, Easy Red Sector, 25th Wave.

He was a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason, member of Sahara Temple in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and past grand master of Corning Masonic Lodge No. 719.

He enjoyed coaching baseball, ballroom dancing, running marathons, (in fact he ran over 25,000 miles in his lifetime), hunting, collecting knives and hatchets.

He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Corning, Arkansas.

He is survived by sons, Randy Lawson and wife, Carol, of Hollywood, Maryland, and Richie Lawson and wife, Nila, of Germantown, Tennessee; grandchildren, Meghan Caslin, Justin and Aaron Lawson, Todd Lowery; great-grandchildren, Sean William and Lilly Caslin and West Emory Lawson; stepsons, Mark Locke of Corning, Arkansas, and Michael Locke of Lodi, California; and brother, Tom Lawson and wife, Jeane, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by wives, Alfreda Lawson and Rosemary Locke Lawson, and parents, Ernest O. and Clara Beulah (Berry) Lawson.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, July 1, 2020, at 2 p.m. in the Ermert Funeral Home Chapel with Bill Ennis and the Revs. Jerry Arnold and Mace Straubel officiating. Burial will follow the services in the Corning Cemetery with military honors lead by John Holland. Visitation will be held Wednesday, July 1, 2020, from 1 p.m. until the time of services.

In lieu of flowers, the family request Memorials be made to Wings of Honor Museum, 70 Beacon Road, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, 72476.

Online condolences: www.ermertfuneralhome.com.