Joshua Shawn Lawson Obituary (1974 - 2017)

KING Joshua Shawn Lawson, 42, passed away, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 12, 2017, at Snow Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Shawn was born December 8, 1974 in Guilford County to Stanley Lawson and Debra Williams Byrd. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and a United States Coast Guard Veteran. Shawn had previously worked for Time Warner Cable. He was an honorable and loving husband, father, Christian, and a loyal friend. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Ralph Joshua Lawson. Survivors include his wife, Leslie Stevenson Lawson; sons, Ty and Matthew Lawson; daughter, Sadie Lawson; grandmother, Verla Nichols Lawson; father, Stanley Wayne (Donna) Lawson; mother, Debra (Billy) Byrd; brothers, Dusty (Mary Beth) Lawson and Travis (Amber) Lawson. Memorials may be made to Kate B. Reynolds Hospice, 101 Hospice Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 or to the Wake Forest Baptist Cancer Center, 1 Medical Park Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157. Colonial Funeral Home Stokes Chapel in Sandy Ridge is serving the family.