Vera Belle Lawson, One hundred plus years of Living, Laughing, and most of all Loving, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 20, 2024, she was101 years old.

Funeral Services will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 24th, at the First Free Will Baptist Church in Bowie with Pastor Glenn Neff, Michael Hanson and Mark Hanson officiating.

Burial will follow at Vashti Cemetery.

Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 23rd, at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.

Vera Belle Lawson was born February 19, 1923 to Ed and Maude (Griffin) Winters in New Liberty, Clay County, Texas. She graduated Bellevue High School in 1940 and married her one true love Louis A. Lawson, Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1942.

When she and Louis decided to marry, they went to the Vashti Methodist Parsonage where the minister was in the front yard working on his car. They asked if they could get married. He said they would need a witness, so he went in the house and got his wife. The couple were married in the front yard of the parsonage.

After World War 2, the couple had four children, all girls. Vivian Jenyne, Janis Lynn, Belinda Lou, and Karen Darlene. They started their homestead in Vashti, Texas. As the family grew, they needed a bigger house. Louis built a house for the family in Bowie, Texas, where Vera Belle lived until she went home to live with Jesus.

Vera Belle spent countless hours serving and improving the life of others. She taught Sunday school and has volunteered at the Bowie Hospital, nursing homes, VFW Ladies Auxiliary and other organizations. God’s Table was perhaps the mission she loved most. You could find her most days washing dishes and giving food and smiles to anyone in need. She was a devoted member of the First Freewill Baptist Church in Bowie, Texas, for 65 years and the Pleasant Mound Freewill Baptist (Rock Church) in Buffalo Springs, Texas.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Louis, daughter Karen, and grandsons Ben Gary and John Gary.

Vera Belle is survived by daughters Jenyne and husband Richard Fenoglio of Bellevue, Janis Gary of Bowie, Belinda and husband Donnie Seale of Vernon; grandchildren, Marsha and Mark Hanson, Cinny and Bobby Terry, Tammy and Billy Wrobleski, Janet Gary, Jeremy and Becca Browning, Starla and Cory Gower and Haley Pittman; great grandchildren Amber and Craig Davis, Matthew and Rebeka Hanson, John Hanson, Michael Hanson, Kasey and Josh Hart, Kaylee Biles, Colby and Chyenne Shankle, Madison and Tim Cockshutt, Joseph and Olivia Tushka, Stephanie Kelly, Lauren Kelly, Cavin Kelly, Tristan Gower, Natalie Gower, and Kaden Pittman; and great-great grandchildren Carth, Cailan Belle, Louie, Kaleb, Anastasia, Havana, Josh, Kasen, Hayden, Teegan, Tatum, Jaxon, Aiden, Nathan, Dallas, Mia, Marley, Kimora, Andrew, Landon, and Gavin.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to God’s Table - 505 Strong Street, Bowie Texas or another charitable organization.

Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie, Texas.