Lawson Bevis Obituary Published by Tallahassee Democrat on Mar. 1,
2006.
Lawson Howard Bevis, 82, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, at the North
West Florida Community Hospital. Mr. Bevis moved from Tallahassee to
Chipley in 1996. He retired as a public-health consultant and was a member
of Blue Lake Baptist Church and the Friends of the Library. Survivors
include his wife, Jeanne Bevis; two daughters, Sally Bevis Holder of
Jacksonville and Cassandra "Sandy" Bevis Locke (and husband John B. Locke)
of Chipley; a daughter-in-law, Valerie Bevis of Milton; four grandchildren,
Amy Elizabeth Locke, John Aaron Locke, Troy Lawson Bevis and Rachel Marie
Bevis; and a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a son,
Lawson Howard Bevis Jr.