John Otis Laws^[1]

1920 - 2006  (86 years)

• Name	John Otis Laws
  Born	7 Apr 1920	Hartford, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Jul 2006	Lorain, Ohio   [2]
  Buried	29 Jul 2006	Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon, Ohio
  Person ID	I77118	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Elbert Shelah Lafayette "Shelah" Laws,   b. 20 May 1878, Del Rio, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Dec 1972  (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Flora Ann Green,   b. 23 Aug 1888,   d. 10 Apr 1954  (Age 65 years)
  Married	18 May 1904
  Family ID	F28478	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Edna Dean Buredette
  Married	Abt 1947
  Children	+ 1. Cheryl Laws   2. John O. Laws, Jr.   3. Sandra Laws   4. Larry Laws   5. Michele Laws
  Family ID	F28488	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Apr 1920 - Hartford, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 159, 160. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 24 Jul 2006. John O. "Otis" Laws, Sr., 86, of Lorain, died Monday July 24, 2006, at his home after a long illness. He was born April 7, 1920, in Hartford, Tennessee, and had resided in Lorain since 1953. Otis served with the U.S. Army during World War II as a sergeant in Battery "B" 376th Coast Artillery Battalion. He served in the Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe. He received the American Theater Campaign Medal, EAME Campaign Medal w/3 Bronze Stars, Purple Heart and the Good Conduct Medal. Otis worked at US Steel in Lorain for 29 years in the 2 Seamless Production Mill as a Crane Follower retiring in 1982. He enjoyed gardening and was featured in a Morning Journal article over 20 years ago displaying his gardening skills. He also enjoyed reading, traveling and being with his family. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Edna "Dean" Laws (nee Burdette); sons, John O. Laws, Jr., of Lorain, and Larry Laws, of California; daughters: Cheryl Quickle, of Foothill Ranch, California; Sandra Rottari, of Wakeman; and Michele Laws, of Lorain; 10 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great-grandchildren; and sister, Faye Smith, of Honea Path, South Carolina. He was preceded in death by his parents, S.L. Laws and Flora Laws (nee Green); great-grandson, Will Quickle; and 5 brothers and 3 sisters. The family will receive friends Friday 4-8 p.m. at Gluvna Shimo Hromada Funeral Chapel, 3224 Broadway Ave., Lorain, where funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. The Rev. Mike Manosky, pastor of Sugar Ridge Baptist Church, will officiate. Entombment will follow in Freedom Chapel of Resthaven Memory Gardens in Avon where the Disabled American Veterans Louis Paul Proy Chapter #20 of Lorain will conduct military honors. Online condolences may be made at www.gluvna.net.