Nona “Birdie” Lawrence

Glen Rose — Nona Lawrence, age 95, passed away on Monday, July 27, 2015, in Glen Rose, Texas.
Visitation: 6:00- 8:00 P.M. Friday, July 31, 2015 at Wiley Funeral Home in Glen Rose.
Service: 10:00 A.M. Saturday at Wiley Funeral Home in Glen Rose.
Interment: Squaw Creek Cemetery
Nona was born on August 9, 1919 in Big Canyon, Oklahoma to Luther Williams and Josephine Emma West. She married Eugene Lawrence and they lived in Glen Rose, Texas. She was a homemaker, an artist and collected antiques. She also loved to garden, bake, and can. After her children were grown she became an art instructor and taught for Novella Wilson. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great great-grandmother.
Nona was preceded in death by her parents,Luther and Josephine Williams, her husband, Eugene Lawrence, and her twin sister, Ona Elkins.
Survivors: son, Ronald Gene Lawrence of Deer Park, Texas, daughter, Patricia Jackson of Glen Rose, Texas; grandchildren, Toni Lawrence, Angela Hines, Ronnie Lawrence, Nona LaForge and Nicole Cummings; great-grandchildren, Krystal Bonawitz, Gena LaMantia, Casey Jones, Kayla Lawrence, Shelby Jones, Hayden LaForge, Bryton Cummings, Brice LaForge, Kallie “Bird” Lawrence; great great-grandchildren, Ally Chavez, Joseph Lamantia IV and Charlee Jones.