Florence S. Lawrence

January 19, 1932 – December 3, 2006

Florence S. Lawrence, age 74, died Sunday, December 3, 2006, in Slidell, LA.

Memorial services will be held Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at 10 AM at

Bread of Life Fellowship on Salem Rd. Bro. Gerald Harris will officiate at the service.

Florence was born in Rochester, NY and was a resident of Picayune.

She was a cafeteria worker at Picayune School District.

She is survived by:

her husband, Merton Lawrence, Picayune, MS;

five sons, John Lawrence, Houston, TX,

Stanley Lawrence, Nicholson, MS,

Kirt Lawrence, Carriere, MS,

Michael Ratcliffe, Picayune, MS,

and Norman Ratcliffe, Picayune, MS;

seven daughters, JoAnn Brumley, Picayune, MS,

Joyce Peshek, Picayune, MS,

Marilyn Adams, Picayune, MS,

Cindy Wadel, Picayune, MS,

Lynn Lawrence, Carriere, MS,

Margaret Lee, McNeill, MS,

and Carol Gonzales, Poplarville, MS;

two brothers, Joseph Smith, Florida,

and Richard Bushman, California;

two sisters, Marlene Ertel, Marion, NY

and Elizabeth Noyes, Rochester, NY;

thirty-one grandchildren and

numerous great grandchildren.