11-15-06

Trigg Lawson, my cousin from New Mexico, shared the photocopies about his Dad, Cecil "Red" Lawson. Red entered the Champion Jersey Heifer – Boys’ and Girls’ Dairy Calf Feeding Contest in 1929. The heifer was named Cocottes’ May B. The picture of Red and his heifer was on the boys calf club page for 1930. The boys calf clubs wee the fore runners of the 4-H Clubs.

Trigg substituted these copies in place of a funny story that he had written about some of the funny events that happened in the Lawson Hardware store that was located on the bottom floor of the IOOF lodge building located at 208 and 210 Main Street in 1928.

Red Lawson was a well-liked businessman back in the early 1900's. He was in business for many years during that period. Red Lawson is a descendant of the Will I. Harmon family. I have recently made acquaintance with Red’s son Trigg via email. I have found him to be a very interesting person who has a lot of early day information to share with us. They are grandchildren of Grandma Blackeye Harmon (which is what we called her). She was a full blood Cherokee and her Cherokee roots are implanted in many Aubrey citizens of today. She has many descendants. Grandma Blackeye Harmon is buried in Nocona not too far from where my brother James is buried.

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