Sandra J. Lawrence, daughter of the late Arnold Cowsert and Mary Turley Cowsert, was born on October 21, 1935, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and passed away on December 30, 2012, at Gideon Care Center in Gideon, Missouri, at the age of 77.

Mrs. Lawrence was a homemaker, a member of the United Methodist Church and a resident of Dexter.

She was united in marriage to Yewell Gene Lawrence on June 14, 1954 in Mississippi.  Mr. Lawrence survives at the home.

Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Bud Lawrence, and wife, June, of Dexter, Missouri; by two daughters, Karen E. Lawrence of Lake Ozark, Missouri, and Kelly A. Lawrence of Fort Myers, Florida; by one sister, Terry Delene Adams of Bernie, Missouri; by two grandchildren, Natalie Kay Wolfe and Yewell Hunter Lawrence; by one step-grandchild, Bridgett Kielhofner, and her husband, Brandon; and by two step-great-grandchildren, Bryson Kielhofner and Braydon Kielhofner.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, James A. Cowsert.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.  Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at 11:00 A.M. with the Rev. Jim Adams officiating.  Interment will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery at Bloomfield, Missouri.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 9374 Olive Boulevard, Suite 101, Saint Louis, MO  63132-3253.