DONALD LAWS

PORTAGEVILLE -- Donald W. Laws of Portageville died Friday, Jan. 31, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was 50 years old.

He was born in Portageville Jan. 13, 1947, son of Edward and Mildred Lovell Laws. On April 15, 1965, he married Hazel Cornman of Malden.

He is survived by his mother and wife, both of Portageville; two daughters, Lara McMillen of Portageville, and Donna Wilson of Cape Girardeau; three sons, Clarence and Kendall Laws, both of Portageville, and Eddie Laws, of Scott City; three sisters, Carolyn Pruitt of Jonesville, Mich., Helen Lane of Portageville, and Kay Laws of Burfordville, Mo.; and two grandsons. He was preceded in death by his father; one sister; and two brothers.

Visitation will be held Sunday, Feb. 2, at 3 p.m. at the DeLisle Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held in the DeLisle Funeral Home Chapel Monday at 2 p.m., Rev. Paul Starns and Rev. Eugene Poole officiating. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery.