St. Clair County Obits

JOHN T. LAWLER

Clinton Eye
1936
John T. Lawler Dead - Clinton relatives and friends have received word of the death of John T. Lawler, March 1, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Josie Goit, in Wheatland, Wyo. He had been in declining health for some time, but was bedfast only the last week of his life. Mr. Lawler was born in St. Clair County, Missouri, April 16, 1848, and came to Henry county when he was 20 years old. His father was Rev. W. D. Lawler, a Baptist minister in Henry County for many years. Mr. Lawler was united in marriage to Miss Annie Anderson, October 6, 1867, by Rev. Dolbey, a Baptist preacher at Calhoun. The witnesses were Dan Minter, who now lives at Nevada, Mo., and is known to many Henry countians and E. D. Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Lawler were given six children, as follows: Mrs. Chas. East, who lived east of Clinton before her death in 1930; Ira Lawler, near Clinton; Mrs. Julia Weakly and J. W. Lawler, Amsterdam, Mo.; Mrs. Josie Goit and Mrs. Grover Epperly, Wheatland, Wyo. There are also 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren surviving. Mr. Lawler was reared in the Baptist faith, and while yet in his teens accepted Christ as his Savior and united with the Baptist church. During the many years he lived in Henry County he was a faithful and outstanding worker in the Tebo and Good Hope Baptist churches. He was earnest and devout in his belief and lived a consistent Christian life, and excelled as a neighbor. He was a member of the Baptist Church at Wheatland at his death. The major portion of Mr. Lawler's life was spent in Henry County as he farmed east of Clinton in the Coal neighborhood many years. He left the county in the spring of 1917 and went to Wyoming, but he had made frequent trips back to his old home, spending about half of his time here. His wife died April 26, 1933, and he divided his time with his two daughters, Mrs. Epperly and Mrs. Goit, as long as he was in Wheatland. He was buried in Wheatland beside his wife.