The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-08-30

Dental vote for Jefferson Davis. He
was q Southerner with all the native
genius and instinct of type whose
honor, chivalry and courage have been
immortalized. He was a notable land
mark of this age. Hypocrisy, arrogance
and sycophancy he Stunned like a
pestilence. He was plain, unassuming,
easy in manner, cheerful always as the
sunshine and as pleasant as May, and
rising above it all was rugged, I'M
perturbable honesty and personality.
One of those characters was Judge
Lawson who made the fiber and the
undiminishing lustre of Southern his
tory. In person, plain; in intellect,
commanding, rising to heights sublime.
Tender as a child, his spirit was like an
evangel; his moral courage a bulwark
for innocent and confiding souls.
Judge Lawson was man. Who
could say more. Gods MODEST handi-
work, there was never in his day and
time better illustration of the force of
these words. In all the annals Of the
county his name stands in distinct re-
lief to the inclinations and motives SO
apt to move men in divergence from a
strict sense of honor and duty. He
was immovable, and an escutcheon I'M
furnished, unsullied marks his resting
place.
In the church, as well as in every day
life, Judge Lawson filled useful part.
H dispensed from mind well stored
with truths in the weekly meetings of
the Sunday School Bible class. He was
a member of the Methodist Church, a
steward class leader. Judge Lawson
cast his lines with the Methodist congre-
CATION some years after maturity.
He did not reach the decision until the
power of truth took possession of his
soul and wrestled with him as it did with
the Apostle Paul. His conversion was
complete, the shadows of doubt disap-
pearing before a flood of divine light.
He was always in harness, as in every
thing, plain, open, frank, a beacon
light, loyal, companionbIe, delightful.
Never a great man in finance, the
worlds champion of success, he lowered
above these like the giants to the pig
mics. He gave freely of everything he
had. He surrendered without protest
to great demands, whether just or I'M
just High among us all he lived, COM
handing the admiration of every ac-
uuantance and the love and affection
of every friend. A remarkable incident
in one of his campaigns few years ago
fully illustrates the character of Judge
Lawson. Some one asked friend
why he was voting for Judge Law
son, that the Judge was not success
in life. The reply was unanswerable:
He may have failed in some things,
but he has succeeded as the grandest
character I ever knew"
So we have the life of Judge Lawson
before us and all its blessings to the
generations which follow; so may it be
an influence shaping our own destinies.
So may his example lead us on to nobler
and better things.
God be with his loved ones in their
sorrow, sustain them in life and in death
lead us all where the reunion may be
one of everlasting JOY and tribute to
an Infinite Wisdom.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day afternoon at the Methodist Church,
beginning at l o'clock, with Rev. w. G.
Sellars, of Humboldt, as leader, assist
ed by the pastor, Rev. w. w. Adams,
and other ministers, and the remains
were taken to the Alexander graveyard
near Jordan for burial.