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WALNUT COVE - Mr. Charles Glenn Lawson, "CG", age 84, went home to heaven on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at Walnut COVE Health-care after an extended battle with dementia.

God saw you tired, and a cure was not to be. So he put his arms around you and whispered, "Come to Me." REJOICE Glenn was released from the toils of old age and dementia. His body and soul has been restored to clarity in the presence of his LORD.

He was born February 1, 1925 in Patrick County, Va. to Charlie and Mattie Deatherage Lawson.

He served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and later was a truck driver with Hennis Freight Lines. He was a devoted member of the Baux Mountain Church where he served as an usher until his health declined. He enjoyed a good life of health which only begin to deteriorate over the past five years. He enjoyed the Blue Ridge Mountains and being outdoors. One of his joys was going to his farm in Fancy Gap where he raised cattle and farmed. He especially loved when his grandchildren would visit in the summer.

In 1947, he married Virginia Blaylock, with whom he enjoyed 62 years of life. She was his life long partner who cared for him at home as long as she could and visited him frequently once he was in the nursing home. Glenn was a loving husband and was an equally loving and inspirational father to his four children.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Hazel Campbell, three brothers, Ray Lawson, Bill Lawson, and Clyde Lawson, and three half-sisters, Bessie Burge, Nina Goad, and Janie Johnston.

He is survived by his best friend and wife, Virginia Blaylock Lawson of the home, one daughter; Charlotte (Terry) Woody of Walkertown, three sons; David (Katherine) Lawson of Winston-Salem, Jerry (Melinda) Lawson of Winston-Salem, and Steve (Angela) Lawson of Springfield, Texas, eight grandchildren, Angie Bullins, Tamara Sullivan, Kelly Ninh, , Candice Champe, Luke Lawson, Matthew Lawson, Morgan Lawson, and Michael Lawson, and six great grandchildren, Wesley and Maggie Bullins, Matthew and Spencer Sullivan, Caroline Champe and Kennedy Ninh, a "very special friend and caregiver" Hubert Clodfelter and many nieces and nephews, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and many more friends acquired during his lifetime in Winston-Salem.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 8, 2009 in Burroughs Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory, Walkertown with military honors by the VFW Memorial Honor Guard. The family will receive friends 6:00- 8:00 p.m., Saturday, November 7, at the funeral home. In lieu of flower, donations should be made to Baux Mountain Church, 4334 Lake Woussicket Road, Germanton, NC 27019. A special thank you from the family goes to all the nurses and CAN's at Walnut COVE Health Care for providing a home for our Dad for three years. Thanks to Hospice of Stokes County for your support.

Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 11/6/2009