Visitation prior to services from 12 Noon to 2 p.m. Friday, May 10 at the Schowengerdt Chapel.
Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler. Contributions may be given to the Immanuel Baptist Church or Big Brothers Big Sisters, KC MO. Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.
James Edgar "Jim" Lawrence, age 76 of Butler, Missouri died Saturday, May 4, 2019 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. He was born October 27, 1942 to Orville Mathis and Esther Celetha Dunham Lawrence in Savannah, Oklahoma.
Jim is survived by his wife, Barbara Lawrence of Butler, Missouri; three sons, Doug Lawrence and wife Raquel of Butler, Missouri, Micheal Lawrence and wife Tina of Shawnee, Kansas and Jason Lawrence and wife Kelly of Butler, Missouri; two brothers, Roger Lawrence and wife Dorothy of Warrensburg, Missouri and Mitchell Lawrence and wife Julia of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; one sister, Shari Gipson of Douglas, Wyoming; six grandchildren, Tyler (Lauren), Blake, Christian (Sarah), Keegan, Thane and Parker; and two great-grandchildren, Addison and Kennedy. He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Ronnie, Norman and Dean.
