Harry Lewis Dawson

Harry Lewis "Happy" Dawson, 73, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Memorial Service: 2:00 p.m., Saturday at Aledo United Methodist Church. Interment: Private Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the Dawson family suggests memorials to Aledo United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 126, Aledo, TX 76008. Harry "Happy" Dawson was born October 19, 1938 son of the late, Ralph and Nell Hamer Dawson in Weatherford. His step-father was the late, Fred Carney. Harry graduated from Peaster High School and then North Texas State University. He served with the US Army 25th Battallion Schofield Barracks, T. H., Hawaii. Harry worked in the federal sector with HUD, SBA and the General Services Administration. He served as an American Federation of Government Employees representative until his retirement. Survivors include his college sweetheart, Jayne Hutsinger Dawson; children, Vanda Dawson Trietsch and Timothy Lewis Dawson; grandchildren, Gavin and Trevor Trietsch, Emily Dawson Breaux, Samantha Dawson; great-grandson, Aiden Breaux; step-sister, Sandra Carney Russell; treasured mother-in-law, Beth Huntsinger Calfee; brothers and sisters-in-law, who he loved as siblings, a dear aunt, Lucy Hamer Wiggins and Uncle Mac Hamer; and many loved cousins, nieces, nephews and a host of friends.