georgia etta (dishman) lawrence

Mrs. Georgia Etta Dishman Lawrence, 88, of Trade, Tenn., died Monday, July 4, 2005, at the Mountain City Medical Center.

She was born August 18, 1916, to the late Spencer and Maggie Smitherman Dishman.

Mrs. Lawrence was a homemaker and a member of Trade United Methodist Church.

Survivors include her son, Thomas Lynn Lawrence of Trade, Tenn.; three sisters, Dora Eggers and Dare Brown of Zionville, and Helen Dotson of Boone; one brother, Mack Dishman of Zionville; two aunts, Sarah Jane “Girlie”  Palmer of Boone, Mary Ann Stamps of Akron, Ohio; and one sister-in-law, Ruth Oliver, of Trade, Tenn. She is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Wright Lawrence; and one brother, Glenn Dishman.

Services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Trade United Methodist Church, officiated by the Rev. LArry Rye and the Rev. Doug Ranshaw. Burial followed in the Trade United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Henson Funeral Home in Mountain City, Tenn., was in charge of the arrangements.