FREEPORT –  Lister Ryan Lawrence, Jr., born Dec.  26, 1947, died July 19, 2019.  Ryan lived his entire life in the Bath Brunswick area.  Ryan loved the outdoors and took pride and pleasure in his work on the grounds crew of the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Ryan was preceded by his wife Carol Tedford Lawrence, his mother, Pearl Higgins, his father, LT. L. R. Lawrence, USN, and his brother, Harry Higgins, Jr.  He is survived by his sister, Cindy McIntosh, and brother, George Lawrence, as well as three nephews, three great nieces, and two great great nieces.