Alice May Laws

Alice May Earnest Laws, 90, of Tinsman, died Saturday May 23, 2009. Mrs. Laws was born in Calhoun County on August 18, 1918 to the late Ammon Demetris "Met" & Cora Evelene Earnest. She was a homemaker & a member of the Tinsman First Baptist Church.

She is survived by her two sons, Raymond D. Laws & his wife Martha, Earl Junior Laws & his wife Mickey; three daughters, Martha L. Strickland, Louise Gee & her husband Horace, Cathy Grice & her husband Paul; 22 grandchildren, 39 great grandchildren, & 7 great great grandchildren. Mrs. Laws was preceded in death by her husband, Eulion Earl Laws, a brother, William "Spudge" Earnest, two sisters, Mamie Lee Hutcheson, Nellie Jane Earnest, her children, Larry Gerald Laws, an infant son, Milber Jean Laws, Ira Lucille Laws, & a granddaughter, Beverly Kay Laws.

Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Monday May 25, 2009 at the Tinsman First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Earnest Cemetery, with the Rev. Homer Williams & Rev. Buddy Burton officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 pm Sunday evening at the funeral home in Hampton. Arrangements are by Benton Funeral Home of Fordyce. To sign the online register visit www.bentonfuneralhome.com