Creath, Mary E. L.

Mary Elizabeth Lawson Creath, 93, of Church Road, VA passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 14, 2007. She was born November 30, 1913 in South Boston, VA. She was a longtime resident of Church Road, VA; graduated from Meredith College, Raleigh, NC with a Teaching degree; was an elementary school teacher at Midway and Northside Schools in Church Road, VA; she retired from Dinwiddie Public Schools after teaching for over 25 years; was a member of Central Baptist Church where she was a Sunday School Teacher, choir member, and a member of the Baptist Women’s Mission Group; was a member of the Dinwiddie Retired Teachers Association, the Crater District AARP, and Delta Kappa Gamma sorority. She was predeceased by her father, Robert W. Lawson; mother, Mary Craddock Lawson Johnston; husband, William F. Creath (were married for 47 years when he passed); brothers, Robert W. Lawson, Jr. and John James “J.J.” Lawson; a granddaughter, Mary-Alice Creath. She is survived by two sons, William F. Creath, Jr. and wife, Lori Daulton Creath, and John James Creath and wife, Roxanne Klingle Creath of Church Road, VA; a grandson, J.J. Creath, Jr. and fiance’, Ashley Glass of Church Road, VA; two granddaughters, Elizabeth Ann Creath and Kendall Fontaine Creath of Church Road, VA; brother, Dr. Lewis Dupuy Johnston, Jr. and wife, Barbara of South Boston, VA; a host of nieces and nephews; special caregivers, Eunice W. Daulton of Ford, VA; employees of the Lula G. Williams Wellness Center in Dinwiddie, VA and Terry Mitchell and husband, Ronnie of Prince George, VA. Funeral Services will be conducted 11:00 am Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service with the Rev. David Angel officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:30 – 8:00 pm Tuesday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Southlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Central Baptist Church, 6405 Courthouse Road, Church Road, VA 23833 or Dinwiddie Retired Teachers Association-Scholarship Fund, c/o Mary Harrison, 24309 Driver Road, Petersburg, VA 23803. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com.