LAWRENCE, SAMUEL COHEN (PHOTO) - Faulkner County, Arkansas | SAMUEL COHEN (PHOTO) LAWRENCE - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Samuel Cohen (Photo) LAWRENCE

Pearson Cemetery
Faulkner County,
Arkansas

May 11, 1919 - July 18, 2011

*Obituary & Photo
Roller McNutt Funeral Home
Samuel Cohen Lawrence, age 92, died July 18, 2011. He was born on the
Lawrence family homestead in Greenbrier, Arkansas on May 11, 1919. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Lawrence and Cora Montgomery
Lawrence, his wife Norma Harrington Lawrence, brother Howard Lawrence, and
sister Montine Lawrence Brown. He is survived by nieces, Rosemary Hamel and
Carolyn Thornton and their children, Monty Bradburn, Jenifer Hamel, and
Chad Thornton; and three great-great nieces and nephews.
Cohen was a lifelong faithful member of the Church of Christ. As a child he
rode with his mother Cora in a horse drawn buggy to Guy for church services
prior to joining a church they later helped build in Greenbrier.
His family operated a farm on which they grew sugar cane, corn, cotton and
sweet potatoes; raising their own beef and pork. The farm had a smokehouse
and a blacksmith shop, which also held house moving equipment operated by
his father. At the age of 12, when his father passed away, Cohen joined his
mother and brother in continuing to operate the farm. Even with this
responsibility, Cohen played basketball and graduated from Greenbrier High
School.
For 40 years, Cohen and his brother Howard operated Lawrence Brothers House
Moving Company – phone #5 – in Greenbrier. They moved hundreds of houses
and other structures from the public right-of-way, as roads were expanded
and interstate highways were built across the state.
Cohen and Norma enjoyed traveling the United States researching the
genealogy of the Lawrence, Montgomery and Harrington families.
Cohen had a special sense of humor and loved to joke. One of his favorite
stories was about a nurse who asked his height. He told the befuddled nurse
he was five feet and eighteen inches tall.
After a disabling injury in 2006, Cohen lived his last years in the home
and on the family land he loved on Green Valley Drive in Greenbrier.
With his gentle nature, his honesty and his desire to keep peace in his
surroundings, Cohen enriched the lives of his family and many friends.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm., Friday, July 22, 2011, at
Greenbrier Church of Christ with Glen Elliott officiating. Interment will
follow at Pearson Cemetery in Greenbrier. Visitation will be held one hour
prior to the service at the church.

Contributed on 2/9/14 by hawkinsdonna
Email This Contributor

Suggest a Correction

Record #: 981112

To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.

Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.

Submitted: 2/9/14 • Approved: 2/10/14 • Last Updated: 2/13/14 • R981112-G0-S3

Surnames  |  Other GPP Projects  |  Contact Us  |  Terms of Use  |  Site Map  |  Admin Login