PERRYVILLE -- Vincent "Harold" Laws, 83, of Perryville, died Sunday, Nov. 12, 1995, at Perry County Memorial Hospital.
He was born June 29, 1912, in Perry County, son of Jesse Elias and Mary Teresa Cissell Laws. He and Marie H. Adams were married Aug. 16, 1939.
Laws retired as foreman with St. Louis County Highway Department. He was a member of St. Vincent's Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Joseph Laws of Pensacola, Fla., William Laws of Perryville; four daughters, Joan Tebbe of Byron, Calif., Pat Johnston and Donna Erwin of Irvine, Calif., Brenda Lorraine of Steelville; a brother, Lynn Laws of St. Louis; a sister, Juanita Truman of Redondo Beach, Calif.; 16 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, five brothers and two sisters.
Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 5-9 p.m. today, and Wednesday from 6:30-9:45 a.m.
Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent's Church, with the Rev. Frank Byrne officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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