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Susan Juanita Lawson, 59, retired from Sentara Williamsburg Comprehensive Breast Center

Susan Juanita Lawson
Susan Juanita Lawson

Susan Juanita Lawson, 59, who touched the lives of all who knew her, passed away peacefully Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, at Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center after a very long battle with a chronic illness. Susan, also known as “Bug,” or “Buggy” was born July 21, 1961, in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Susan was preceded in death by her mother, Betty Winstead, and much-loved grandparents, aunts and uncles.

She graduated from Lafayette High School and went on to work in a variety of different positions within the medical field beginning at Williamsburg Community Hospital and retiring from Sentara Williamsburg Comprehensive Breast Center, where she was a bone densitometry technologist. She was passionate about her job, the people she served and loved her coworkers dearly.

Susan is survived by her husband and rock, Ken Lawson; and children, Brittany Lawson, Jeremy Lawson, Reyna, Savannah and Georgia. She also leaves to cherish her memory her father, Glenn Winstead; twin sisters, Dorothy Wing, and her husband, Richard, and son, Sam, and Lynn Winstead, and her daughter, Karen; brother, Wes Winstead; cousins, Debbie Holland, George Mahone and Bob Bryan and their families; and godsons, Justin Middleton and Donovan Palmer.

Visitation will be held at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Nelsen Funeral Home, 3785 Strawberry Plains Road, Williamsburg. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, at Cedar Grove Cemetery, 809 South Henry St., Williamsburg, officiated by Scott Salsman from James River Baptist Church.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation or Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Share online condolences with the family at Nelsen Funeral Home.

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