Mary Anne Lawson was born May 11, 1940, in Geary, Oklahoma, to Glenn Homer and Loretta Marie (Schaller) Moore.  She passed away peacefully in her home on Monday, March 31, 2025, at the age of 84. Mary Anne grew up in Geary and graduated from Geary High School in 1958. She married James Forrest Lawson on May 24, 1958, in Oklahoma City at her grandparents’ home. James and Mary Anne started their family, and she stayed home full-time when her children were young. She went to work as a substitute school bus driver and later did EMT training.  Then she was needed full-time on a bus route that she drove for the next 35 years. For the 10 years following, she worked as a library aide up until her retirement at the age of 80. Just before her retirement, she served as the interim high school band director, which was one of the highlights of her career there. Mary Anne played the piano at many high school graduations, including her own. She played for hundreds of weddings and funerals over the years. She loved to garden, work outside, and tend to her fruit trees. She spent countless hours cooking and canning all of her bounty. She was always helpful to Jim and drove a wheat truck during their harvest time. She loved to sew and make bread. She attended most all her kids and grandkids activities. Mary Anne was named Honorary Blaine County Farmer of the Year in 2007. She was a member of the Bison Boosters, 4-H and FFA and Ag Booster, 50 year member of Geary Chapter F.P.E.O., and for many years hosted wrestling teams in her home during the Geary Wrestling Tournament. She was a longtime member of the Geary United Methodist Church where she faithfully served as the pianist for nearly 60 years. She will be dearly missed by all those who knew and loved her.
 

Mary Anne is survived by her six children, Jamie Lawson and wife, Carolyn of Geary, and their children; Kylie Lawson, Kayla Reiber and husband Matthew, Kensi Goerke and husband Zak, Thomas Elizondo, and wife Kindsey and Tony Elizondo and wife Melanie, Chuck Lawson and wife, Peggy of Geary and their daughter, Sarah Jury and husband Brian, Mark Lawson, and husband Kel of Dallas, Texas, Mary K. Wright and husband, Tommy of Geary and their children; Schaller and husband JP, Barbara Peters and husband, Jim and Drs. Jeff and Jill Wright, Fred Lawson and wife Becki of OKC and their children; Katey Norman and husband Dakota and Keeton Lawson of OKC,OK, David Lawson of Geary and his children; Travis Lawson and husband John, Colby Howell and wife Misti, Sidney Lawson and Sydney Francis, Aubrey Lawson, and Quaid Lawson, great-grandchildren Titus, Nora, Hayes, Zander, Eloise, Pierce, Easton, Calder, Merrit, Jolie, and Ryker, sister Glenda Walker of Tulsa, OK, brother-in-law, Paul Lawson, and wife Kim of Derby, KS, three cousins, Martha Cavanaugh of Santa Maria, CA, Ralph (Rip) Schaller and wife Ginny of Houghton, MI, and Wesley Morrison of Edmond, OK, as well as a host of nieces and nephews other relatives and friends.

Mary Anne was preceded in death by her parents, Glenn and Rosie Moore, husband, Jim Lawson, brother, Bill Moore, grandson, Koleton James Lawson and great-grandson, Conrad James Mahoney.
 

In Lieu of Flowers, Donations may be made in Mary Anne’s name to: Geary First United Methodist Church, 325 W Main, Geary, OK 73040
Viewing will be from 11 AM to 9 PM Thursday, April 3 and from 9 AM to 9 PM Friday, April 4 at the Turner Funeral Home in Geary. 

Mary Anne’s services will be held 11AM, Saturday, April 5, 2025, at the First United Methodist Church in Geary Oklahoma. 

Rev. Angela Fleming will officiate. Burial will be immediately following in the Geary Cemetery.

Services are under the direction of Turner Funeral Home, Geary, OK.

Condolences may be sent to the family at turnerfuneralhomes@gmail.com, turnerfh.net or you can find us on Facebook (Turner Funeral Homes).