Obituaries

John Clark Courtney, known to most of us as Springer John, or just Springer, passed away Sept. 19, 2022, at his family home in Lake Worth. He was 53.

William “Jim” James Ault Jr., 78, passed away Sept. 9, 2022, at Rosewood Nursing and Rehab Center after a short battle with brain cancer.

Cole McCown passed away Sunday Sept. 11, 2022.

On Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, Boyce Lee Edwards Sr. left this life to be with the Lord.

Rosalie Van Freeman Johnson.

Mattie Jo Lawson was born Aug. 9, 1931, in Hamilton. She passed away at the age of 91 on Aug. 20, 2022, in Mesquite. Jo graduated from Hamilton High School in 1949. After graduation she attended Abilene Christian College, now known as Abilene Christian University. Jo taught sixth and seventh grade math for 30 years at Victor H. Hexter Elementary and Martha Turner Riley Elementary in Dallas. Fifty years later her great-grandnieces attended Victor H. Hexter Elementary as students. Jo is preceded in death by her father, William P. Lawson; her mother, Martha Johanna Lawson; brother William C. Lawson; sister Mavis Fink; brother-in-law Leo Fink; sister- in-law Merle Lawson; niece Linda Fink; nephew Alan Fink; nephew by mar- riage Bob Gautier; and her dear friend who was like a sister, Nan Howard.

Ronald Allen Sharpe, 84, of Hamilton passed away Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in his home surrounded by his loving family.

Linda Fulcher