John Franklin Laws, Sr.

Mr. John Franklin Laws, Sr., 78, died Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, December 7, 2024 at Barron Funeral Home with Pastor Hubert Jayakumar officiating. Interment will follow at Cornwell Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, Friday, December 6, 2024 at Barron Funeral Home.

Mr. Laws was born October 31, 1946 in Chester, SC and was the son of the late Roy Laws and Nellie Smith Laws. He attended the schools of Chester County and he retired from Springs Industries as a loom fixer and also owned and operated John Laws Mobile Home Service. Johnny later began John Laws Deer Processing; He loved the outdoors and especially fishing and hunting. He was a member of The First Church of the Nazarene.

He is survived by his wife of over 44 years Martha Hembree Laws; four children, Judy Belinda Laws (Chris) of Chester, SC, Laurie Shugart (Todd) of Catawba, SC, Angel Laws (Todd) of Lando, SC and John Franklin Laws, Jr. (Krissy) of Chester, SC; ten grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.  In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one daughter, Tina Bryant; four brothers, David, Jimmy, Wallace and Pete Laws; three sisters, Beatrice Skinner, Diane Robinson and Katherine Watkins; and his infant sister, Eula Mae Laws.

Memorials may be made to Medical University of SC Transplant Surgery, 96 Jonathan Lucas St. Charleston, SC 29425.

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