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Obituary for Iva Arlene Rowsey Lawhorne Iva Arlene Rowsey Lawhorne
Calvary Brethren Church Member Retired From Burlington Industries

Iva Arlene Rowsey Lawhorne, 79, of Seneca, S.C., formerly of Buena Vista, died Friday, June 15, 2007 at the Oconee Memorial Hospital, Seneca, SC.

A native of Buena Vista, Mrs. Lawhorne was the daughter of the late Herbert G. and Louella Tolley Rowsey.

She was a retired employee of Burlington Industries with forty-four years of service and was a member of the Calvary Brethren Church of Buena Vista.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Grover Cleveland Lawhorne, Jr.; brothers: Aubury Mason and James Aquill Rowsey; sisters Iva Estelle Mason and Lula Glass.

She is survived by her daughter, Teresa L. Devens and husband, Christopher of Fairfax Station, VA; sons: Larry W. Lawhorne and wife Joyce of Walhalla, SC and Danny L. Lawhorne and wife Hallie of Vinton; six grandchildren; brothers: James Mason of Waynesboro and Clayton Mason of Suffolk.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, June 18, 2007 from the Lomax Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Butch Grow officiating. Interment will follow in the Rockbridge Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the service on Monday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Calvary Brethren Church.

Arrangements are being handled by the Lomax Funeral Home, Buena Vista.