Winifred Chamberlain Lawson, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007 at Holly Manor in Farmville, Va.
She was born Nov. 8, 1909 in Birmiungham, Warwickshire, England, the daughter of Alfred Edward and Sarah Louisa Perry Chamberlain.
She was a nurse for many years in Morristown, N.J., after having trained at Grace New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. She was an antiques dealer in Sussex County, N.J., and later in Foley, where she was co-owner and operator of a bookstore. As church organist, she served many different parishes.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, the Rev. Clement Corbin Lawson, whom she worked with in his hospital and nursing home ministries.
Survivors include two daughters, Anne Hershey of Red Oak, Va., Mary Sitomer of Middleton, Mass.; son, John C. Lawson of Branchville, N.J.; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19 at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Chase City, Va., with the Rev. Susan A. Grimm officiating. Interment will follow at Oakhurst Cemetery in Clarksville, Va. The family will receive friends at their residence, 3016 Jeb Stuart Highway, Red Oak, Va.
The family requests memorial donations be made to St. John’s Episcopal Church, Chase City, Va.
Arrangements are by Watkins Cooper Lyon Funeral Home, Clarksville, Va.
