Eva Mae Lawson

Eva Mae Lawson, age 83, of Magnolia, passed Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, IN.

She was a member of Three Forks Bacon Creek Baptist Church, retired from Nationwide Uniform Company after 23 years and an avid seamstress.

Eva was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Clyde W. “Wilkie” Lawson; a son, Steve Lawson; her parents, Roy and Mary Alice Ard Cruse; two brothers, Manley Cruse and Ed Cruse.

She is survived by a daughter, Sherry (Ron) Knox of Henryville, IN; four grandchildren, Kristy (Brandon) Bischoff, Allison (Michael) Willen, Zachary (Scott) Knox and Kelly Knox; three great-grandchildren, Easton, Sammy and Ellie Mae Willen; and a sister, Vivian Coffman of Shepherdsville.

Funeral services will held at 11 a.m. (ET), Monday, May 4, at Dixon-Rogers Funeral Home in Magnolia with Brother Gary Talley officiating. She will be buried alongside her husband in Hammonsville Cemetery.

Visitation will be 2 to 6 p.m. (ET), Sunday and after 9 a.m. (ET), Monday at the funeral home.

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