JOE RAYMOND LAWSON

 

    VINITA, Jan. 29.—Joe Raymond Lawson, 31, who was seriously injured on Okinawa during World war II, died Wednesday night in a local hospital following a long illness.
    Born here Jan. 23, 1922, he was a lifetime resident of Vinita. He served in four island invasions as a member of the Fourth marine corps. Later, as a member of the Sixth marine corps, he was wounded April 22, 1945, during the battle of Okinawa. He was permanently injured.
    While at Birmingham hospital, Van Nuys, Calif., he was a member of the nation’s first wheelchair basketball team.
    Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Lawson, of the home in Vinita; three sisters, Mrs. N____ McN____, Vinita; Mrs. Arliss Griffin of Cleora, and Mrs. ___ Archer, Vinita; four brothers, H.A. Lawson of P___, Kan.; George Lawson of the home, ___weth Lawson ____ Kan. ____ B__b Lawson of the home, and his ____ mother, Mrs. Clara Porturf, Vinita.
    Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Burkhalter Memorial chapel. Burial will be in the ___ cemetery.
 

From The Oklahoma, 1/30/1953

Donated by: Emily Jordan

07-21-2007


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