ERNIE GABRIEL LAWSON

Ernie Gabriel Lawson, 92, of Miller passed away on Friday, Feb. 17, at Sonshine Manor in Republic. He was born Oct. 23, 1930, in Hanford, Calif., the son of Camilla and Marion (Reynolds) Palumbo.
He was a 1948 graduate of Hanford High School in Hanford, Calif. He was a cattle rancher and a minister. He and his wife Jean, trained and showed horses and were very active members of the Kingdom Hall Jehovah’s Witnesses in Miller.
On Aug. 4, 1952, he married Jean Diane Ferdig, in Bakersfield, Calif. She preceded him in death on Jan. 29, 2015.
He is survived by his daughter, Shelly Driscall of Las Vegas, Nev.; one brother, Robert Burton of Redmond, Ore.; seven sisters, Jan Lawson of Bakersfield, Calif., Christa Hardin of Hanford, Calif., Angelina Kelly of Victorville, Calif., Jenavra Williamson, of Roseville, Calif., Natalie Adorni, of Townsend, Ga., Marilyn Ray, of O’Fallon, and Barbara Palumbo, of Hartford, Calif.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Jean; his daughter, Holly Lawson and three brothers, Charles Hammond, Tony Burton and Ralph Palumbo.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 4, via Zoom.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home, in Miller.
Online condolences may be shared at www.Fossett-MosherFuneralHome.com.