Lawton, Margaret Elizabeth Roseberry

Margaret Elizabeth Roseberry Lawton, 91, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at her home in Radford.

She was a Charter Member of the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church and was retired from Corning. She was born July 28, 1915, the daughter of the late Charles Wesley and Elizabeth Sutton Roseberry.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter R. Lawton, and two brothers, William and Charlie Roseberry. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Bonnie Lawton of Roanoke, and Danny and Pat Lawton of Kernersville, N.C.; a brother and sister-in-law, James Carlton and Judy Roseberry of Durham, N.C.; a sister, Mary Ellen Richardson of Raleigh, N.C.; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Agnes Lawton of Roanoke and Betty Lindsoe of Lynchburg; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 2 p.m. at the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Terry Woodard officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Memory Gardens in Dublin.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Capital Improvements Fund of Fairlawn Presbyterian Church, 6900 Pulaski Avenue, Radford, Virginia 24141.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Mullins Funeral Home in Radford. www.mullinsfuneralhome.com