Emma Lee (Green) Lawrence, 86, formerly of Cedar County, passed away May 16, 2009, at her home in Lawndale, CA. She was born May 4, 1923, to John F. and Katie Culver Green, near Lockwood.
Emma Lee spent her childhood in the Stockton area. She was saved and baptized while attending Forest Home Baptist Church.
She married Everett Lee Lawrence, of El Dorado Springs. They lived in Kansas City for a few years and then moved to California where they spent the rest of their lives.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett Lee Lawrence; a son, James Everett; a brother, Jack Green; and her parents, John F. and Katie Culver Green.
Survivors include three children – Bill Lawrence, Ethel Leone Halt and Douglas Lawrence – California; grandchildren – Joan Offield, Kenneth Halt, Al Halt, Douglas Lawrence Jr., Jennifer Lawrence and Lucinda Rice – California; great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; sisters – Mildred Clark – Kansas City, Golda Brown, Allene Houston, Nikki Olinger, and husband, Bud – El Dorado Springs; two brothers, Sam Green, and wife, Fern, - El Dorado Springs, and Charley F. Green, and wife, Myrtle – Pleasant Hill.
Emma Lee was laid to rest in Lawndale, CA.