The funeral service will be conducted 3:00 P.M. Saturday, August 6, 2016 at the 4th United Holiness Church, 192 North Thompson Street, Ellaville, Georgia. Elder Steven Anderson, pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in the Galilee Cemetery, Old GA Hwy 19 North, Ellaville, Georgia.
Lawrence was born January 9, 1981 to Etherlene Brooks and Melvin Range. He was the stepson of Maxine Hudson Range. He acquired his education in the public school systems of Schley County and Marion County. He was preceded in death by his beloved maternal grandparents, Willie and Vera Mae Brooks. He was also preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Mary Alice Range Dupree, and one uncle, Artis Lee Maples.
Survivors are his beloved parents, Etherlene Brooks of Ellaville, Georgia and Melvin Range (Maxine), Oglethorpe, Georgia; his two siblings, Sha’Neique Brooks, Columbus, Georgia and Dewayne Range; two stepsisters, Nicola Hudson and Krista Hudson; grandfather, Willie Dupree, Ellaville, Georgia; aunts and uncles, Charlene Williams (Ralph), Kathlene Campbell (Harvey), and Kenneth Dupree (Sylvia) all of Ellaville, Georgia; great uncles and great aunts, Larry Owens (Inez) College Park, Georgia, Eva Mae Johnson, Wesley Owens, Homer Lee Battle, Junior Battle (Mary), Harold Battle (Annie Ruth), and John L. Battle, all of Oglethorpe, Georgia, Johnnie Mae Baisden, Elbert Mason Atlanta, Georgia, Della Mae Williams, Americus, Georgia, Mary Mason, Florida, Betty Haynes, Columbus, Georgia and William Paul Mason, Ellaville, Georgia, and a host of other relatives and beloved friends.