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From: Sharon Brown <>
Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Lawrence Family
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 10:02:06 -0500
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James R. Brown wrote:

>I'm just curious..... does anyone know how Ewing and Wilma Lawrence might
>fit into this family. They were dear friends of my Grandfather, Jesse
>Soper. They lived in Vienna. Ewing has been gone a number of years, now,
>and I've lost contact with his wife, Wilma. They were the most wonderful
>people. I last saw them in 1984, but had corresponded with Wilma up until
>the last few years.
>
>Thanks,
>Harlene Soper Brown
>Washington State
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert Garrett" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 4:32 AM
>Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Little Egypt Heritage, 29 May 2005, Vol 4 #22,
>Special Edition
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>>Loren Lawrence was from the other family of Lawrences who lived around
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>Reynoldsburg/Ozark. He was descended from Henry G. and Sarah Baucom
>Lawrence who are also buried at Reynoldsburg Cemetery. In the 1850's, Henry
>Lawrence had a farm and a steam-operated mill near where Camp Ondessonk is
>now situated. He was the son of Revolutionary War veteran Thomas Lawrence of
>Virginia. Dr. Lawrence was very interested in finding the connection
>between the two families, but was never able to do so. Bob Garrett
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Bill<mailto:>
>> To: <mailto:>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 6:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ILJOHNSO] Little Egypt Heritage, 29 May 2005, Vol 4 #22,
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>Special Edition
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>> Osiyo Floyd,
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>> Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment.
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>> I'm not sure about Loren LAWRENCE. I don't have Dr Wm R LAWRENCE' s
>> entire family history, but I have no record of a Loren.
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>> I am curious though about which Jimmie HARPER -- was he married to Etta?
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>> Wado,
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>> Bill
>> Little Egypt Heritage
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>> Floyd E Gingrich wrote:
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>> >Bill,
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>> >My Dad recalled being present in the Reynolds ME Church at the revival
>> >conversion of the town drunk, Jimmie Harper. The first time he "went
>> >forward" was because some folk had made a deal with my Dad that if
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>Jimmie
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>> >Harper "went forward," he would. Well, Jimmie didn't want to keep my
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>Dad
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>> >out of Heaven, so he agreed. A few days later, however, he converted
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>for
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>> >real, and asked God for twenty years to atone for the years he spent as
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>a
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>> >rascal; he was about fifty at the time, and did live well past seventy.
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>> >Was Dr. Lawrence related to the Loren Lawrence who ran the gas station
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>at
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>> >Ozark and lived to about 100? I met him the same day I discovered Dr.
>> >Pepper, in 1954.
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I'm related to Wilma through the Lands family. My grandmother and
Wilm's mothre were sistsers. My mom went to school with Ewing also. I
suspect since he went to Glendale to school that he is related to Ruth
Lawrence McKibbon.
Sharon

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