Mary Kathryn Lawson, the daughter of the late William Blane “Little Bill” and Mary Liza (Johnson) Barnett, was born August 6, 1924, in Campbellsville and departed this life on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at the Campbellsville Nursing and Rehab. She was 100 years of age.
She had made a profession of faith in Christ and attended the Faith Alive Church, and a former employee of Fruit of the Loom.
Her greatest loves was for the Lord, singing southern gospel songs, cooking, quilting, and spending time with her children.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ira Lawson, in 2010, a daughter, Geraldine Brewer, in 2015, and a son, Ira Kenneth Lawson, as an infant.
Also preceding her in death was six brothers: Leonard, Huley, James, Owen Thomas, Richard, and Everett “Dude” Barnett; four sisters: Velma Christerson, Clara Brown, Mattie Lou Price, and Ester Roberts.
Survivors include two daughters and two sons: Dorothy Little and husband Earl of Campbellsville, Betty Nations and husband Buster of Milsap, TX, Jerry Lawson and Terry Lawson and wife Kathy all of Campbellsville; a brother: Ralph Barnett and wife Dorothy of Mt. Washington; a special nephew: Ray Barnett and wife Charlene of Mt. Washington; four grandchildren and a host of great- grandchildren and great-great- grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
The funeral service for Mary Kathryn Lawson will be Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 1:00 P.M. in the chapel of the L.R. Petty Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Campbellsville Memorial Gardens.
Bro. David Boils will be officiating.
Family requests visitation on Thursday after 11:00 A.M. at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Gideon Bibles and can be made at the funeral home.