Lana Faye Laws

Lana Faye (Dixon) Laws, 82, of 722 road, Paragould, died Saturday, January 10, 2009, at St Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She was born September 28, 1926 in Nashville, Howard County, Arkansas the daughter of late Rufus Hilry "Hill" Dixon and Ola (McBay) Dixon. She was also preceded in death by her husband of almost 46 years, Edgar Leon Laws who died in 1989; four brothers, Wintford "Wint" Dale Dixon, Rayford Dale Dixon, Wandall Lavell Dixon, and Bobby Gene Dixon. She was a homemaker, the wife of a farmer, a nurse's aid, a factory worker and a member of the Church Of Christ. Survivors include five sons: Jimmy and Peggy Laws of Jonesboro, Lonnie and Linda Laws and Wesley and Mary Laws, both of Paragould, Rufus Berneal Laws of Beaufort, S.C., and Eddie Louis Laws of Searcy; four daughters: Glenda and Dick Wallace, Beauford, S.C., Josita and Ervin Reed, Judy Faye Laws, Tracey Annette Pitcher of Paragould; one sister: Jewel Mae Bayes of New Pine Creek, OR, one brother: Borden and Berniece Dixon of Mountain Home, ID, seventeen grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and numerous cousins, nephews and nieces. The family will recieve friends from 6-9 PM Thursday at Heath Funeral Home. Her life will be celebrated at Walcott Church of Christ at1:00 P.M. Friday with Raymond Lasley officiating. Mrs. Laws will be buried next to her late husband at Old Bethel Cemetery. The cemetery is just a few miles from where she raised her children and resided for 60 years.