Patty R. Lawson

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, September 14, 2010

FRANKLIN — Patty Ruth Russell Lawson, 74, of Franklin, entered into rest at 1:40 p.m. Sept. 12, 2010, at a Franklin nursing home.

The Robertson County, Tenn., native was a member of Eastside Missionary Baptist Church and retired from Kendall Company. She was a daughter of the late Robert Russell and Ada Smith Russell and the wife of the late Cordell Lawson. She was preceded in death by a son, Roger Lawson; a great-grandson; and a great-great-granddaughter.

Funeral is at 2 p.m. Thursday at Booker-Gilbert Funeral Home, with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin. Visitation is from 2:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and begins at 6 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be made at www.bookergilbertfh.com.

Survivors include three daughters, Shirley Fults of Nashville and Vicki Dodson and her husband, David, and Brenda Dinkens and her husband, Rick, all of Franklin; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.