Anna Louise Lawson , of Shelbyville, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2025, in Shelbyville, Texas.

Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 9, 2025, at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center with Bro. Lamar Denby officiating.  Interment will follow at Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine.

Born February 12, 1941, in Gulfport, Mississippi, Anna is the daughter of Arthur Eugene Malley, Sr. and Mamie Stokes Malley.  She loved to do genealogy and travel.  Anna was a member of East Hamilton Baptist Church in Shelbyville.

She is survived by her son, Elmo Y. Lawson II and wife Carmen of Lufkin; daughters, Anita Gail Powdrill and husband Rance of Shelbyville and Priscilla Witwer and husband Robert; grandchildren, Craig J. Lawson and wife Abby, Ricky Ham, Jacob Ham, Caitlynn and husband Trenton, Lacie Lawson White and husband Bryce, Cristal L. Eberlan and Jake Creech, Legnni Lobo and Vivian De La Garza, Nathan Witwer, and Lincoln Witwer; great grandchildren, Avery Lawson, Aubree Lawson, Camden Lawson, Emma White, Ralston White, Brecklyn White, Presleigh Eberlan, Levi Eberlan, Lana De La Garza, and Serina De La Garza; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her husband, Elmo Y. Lawson I; parents, Arthur Eugene Malley, Sr. and Mamie Stokes Malley; and brothers, Joe Malley, Don Malley, Clifton Malley, and Gene Malley.

Pallbearers will be Elmo Lawson II, Craig Lawson, Bryce White, Jacob Ham, Trenton Vaight, and Jake Creech.  Honorary pallbearers will be Ricky Ham and Ralston White.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Wounded Warrior Project at woundedwarriorproject.org and MD Anderson Cancer Research at gifts.mdanderson.org