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Lynne Walker Lawson, 77, beloved wife and mother, passed away peacefully at her Tallahassee home on July 14, 2023. The family will hold a visitation at Bevis Funeral Home on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Ormand Zane “Skeets” Lawson, Jr., three children: Shann Lawson Davis (John), Ormand Zane “Rowdy” Lawson, III (Jennifer) and Ryan Walker Lawson (Julie); and six grandchildren: Thomas Lawson, Bo Davis, Cole Lawson, Dylan Lawson, Rhys Lawson and Zane Lawson, who were the lights of her life. She was born on November 2, 1945, in Coral Gables, Florida. Towheaded with big brown eyes, she was always known for her beauty and style. Her father was a Captain in the Air Force and thus, they lived all over the world, including Hawaii and Taiwan, before she came to Tallahassee in the early 1960s to attend Florida State University. She met Skeets at McDonald’s on Tennessee Street and they married on October 2, 1964. Lynne was a founding partner of her family business, Lawson and Lawson Electrical Services, and often a driving force behind the scenes. She owned several crafts and antiques stores in Tallahassee and Havana over the years. She was an expert on antique furniture, china, and jewelry, and an accomplished needleworker—always making something for her children and grandchildren. Her secret recipe cookies caused such a fight on Christmas Eve that she started making a tin for each of her kids. She is remembered for her strength in her fight against breast cancer twenty years ago. She was a survivor. Her happiest moments were traveling with her family, decorating her dream house, and simply sitting by the fire reading a book with her beloved dogs in her lap. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Big Bend Hospice, or the Leon County Humane Society, which Lynne donated generously to over her lifetime. Breanna Green of Bevis Funeral Home (850-385-2193 or www.bevisfh.com) is assisting the family with their arrangements.

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Lynne Walker Lawson

November 2, 1945 - July 14, 2023