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Submitted: 12/21/10 • Approved: 12/22/10 • Last Updated: 8/15/12 • R431667-G431667-S3
Robert:
Born: January 18, 1918
Died: March 14, 2001
Vera:
Born: 1918
Died: 1997
Robert F. Lawyer
Mr. Robert F. Lawyer, age 83, of Mountain Home, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at Good Samaritan Village.
Mr. Lawyer was born Jan. 18, 1918 in Bismark, N.D. and was the son of Stephen Alec Lawyer and Frances Olive Leathers Lawyer. He was the founder and first president of the First National Bank of Mountain Home. He was associated with numerous civic and charitable organizations and was a Church of Christ minister for 60 years.
Mr. Lawyer married Vera Colvin Lawyer in 1938, and she preceded him in death, along with four brothers and one sister.
He is survived by three sons, Richard C. Lawyer of Tulsa, Okla., David F. Lawyer of Springdale and Mike Lawyer of Forrest City; four brothers, Ray S. Lawyer of Huntington Beach, Calif., John H. "Jack" Lawyer of Conway, Virgil H. Lawyer of Searcy and Kenneth E. Lawyer of Independence, La.; two sisters, Mary J. Ross of Austin, Texas and Lois E. Conn of Louisville, Ken.; five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Vera was the daughter of Ezra and Mida Cloris (Fields) Colvin. Robert and Vera were married November 24, 1938 in Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri.
References: St. Francis County, Arkansas Obituary Collection and Ancestry.com
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