LAWSON: Edwin A. , 78, a Lyndonville resident, died Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Ed was born Nov. 10, 1925, in Lyndonville. The son of Edwin and Verna Vera R. (Bowen) Lawson. He attended the St. Johnsbury Trade School, served in the U.S. Army during World War II and married Beverly (Mitchell) Hall on Aug. 1, 1952. Ed was a construction foreman working on many projects including the St. Lawrence Seaway, Niagara Falls Power Project, Prudential Building in Boston, Smithsonian in Washington and the concrete work locally for the North Country High School, as well as homes for three family members. Ed was one of the founders of flag football and managed two Little League teams for more than five years. He was an avid hockey father and grandfather, giving much encouragement and advice. He is survived by his loving wife, Beverly; children, John Hall and his wife Cheryl Robinson, Diane Rochefort and her husband John, Edwin Lawson Jr. and his wife Karen, Jeffrey Lawson and his friend Lisa Crown, and Alice Doyon and her husband Randy; brothers and sisters, Francis Laclair, Eva Howland, and Robert Lawson and his wife Calista; 12 grandchildren, John, Jeff and Seth Hall, Ryan Robinson, Nicholas and Mark St. Hilaire, Heather and Elizabeth Lawson, Jeremy Lawson and his wife Christy, Erin Lawson and friend Peter Guilfoyle, and Andrew and Mathew Doyon; two great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and brothers- and sisters-in-law, Sidney Chamberlain, Florence Mitchell, David Mitchell and his wife Catherine, Jackson Mitchell, Leslie Mitchell and his wife June, and Carroll Mitchell and his wife Brenda. He was predeceased by his parents; a sister, Frances LaClair; brothers-in-law, Herman Howland, Hazen Mitchell, and Richard Mitchell; and sisters-in-law, Barbara Chamberlain, Della Mitchell and Francine Mitchell. Calling hours will be Wednesday evening between the hours of 6-8 p.m., at the Pearsons Funeral Memorial Services will be Thursday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m., at the Sutton Freewill Baptist Church with Ed's niece, the Rev. Barbara Dwyer, officiating. Interment will be in the Lyndon Center Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Ed's name to either the Sutton Freewill Baptist Church, P.O. Box 65, Sutton, VT 05867; or LAYHA, P.O. Box 1241, Lyndonville, VT 05851.