Pauline B. Lawson passed from this life on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at the age of 86 years. Pauline was born in Oklahoma City on September 30, 1939, to Clarence and Mabel Holderman. A longtime resident of Harrah, Oklahoma, Pauline was married to her lifelong love, Charles Homer Lawson. Pauline was a military wife of 20 years, homemaker, and mother to seven children. She is survived by six children: Ronald Lawson, of Harrah; Kathy and Richie Jekel, of Chandler, OK; Marjorie Wood, of Jones, Ok; Gloria and Ronald O’Dell, of Jones, OK; Felesha and Bruce Scanlan, of Edmond, Ok; and Vaundra and Angela Lawson, of Harrah, OK. She is also survived by 18 grandchildren and many, many great-grandchildren and three great, great grandchildren: also by one sister and her husband, Edith and Bruce Moates. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Lawson, daughter and son-in-law, Jeanette and Leon Gibbons, granddaughter Haley Marie Lawson, and son-in-law Rick Wood. She was deeply loved and will be greatly missed.
Public visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Matthews Funeral Home in Edmond, OK.
A Graveside service will be held on Thursday, January 22, 2026, beginning at 2:00 p.m. at Coyle Cemetery in Coyle, OK.
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