Iris Juanita "Nita" Lawson

Iris Juanita (Nita) Glosson Lawson, 90, of Cuthbert, GA formerly of Albany, GA, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2023 at Fellowship Assisted Living in Cuthbert, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Jeff Carter will officiate. Eastern Star rites will follow. Interment will follow in New Light Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery, Morgan, GA.

Born in Albany, GA and a life-long resident until she moved for health care reasons, Mrs. Lawson was a 1950 graduate of Albany High School and a 1985 graduate of Thomasville Community College with an associate’s degree in Secretarial Science. She was retired from the Department of Human Services Rehabilitation Divison having worked there from 1953 until 1993.

She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Crepe Myrtle Chapter # 163, Secretaries Club and Golden Key Club. She loved to read her Bible, books written by David Jeremiah and Charles Stanley and she had a card ministry for all of her friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William Reid Glosson and Annie Lou Minchew Glosson and her husband, H. B. Lawson and her siblings.

Survivors include special cousins Cindy and Joel Beard, Morgan, GA, niece, Cassidy Beard, nephew, Brandon Beard and other cousins and special friends Dana Jackson and Carolyn Griffin.

The family will receive friends Wednesday from 2:00 p.m. until the funeral hour at Mathews Funeral Home.

Those desiring may make memorials in memory of Iris Juanita (Nita) Lawson to Agape Hospice, 2425 Westgate Dr., Albany, GA, 31707.