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Lawrence Brothers Chairman Dies
SWEETWATER, Texas — A memorial service is scheduled Monday for Jere Lawrence, chairman of Lawrence Brothers Supermarkets here, who died Wednesday during surgery. Lawrence was 76.
Elliot Zwiebach
February 19, 2010
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ELLIOT ZWIEBACH
SWEETWATER, Texas — A memorial service is scheduled Monday for Jere Lawrence, chairman of Lawrence Brothers Supermarkets here, who died Wednesday during surgery. Lawrence was 76.
He was the grandson of the founders of the chain, which now numbers 25 locations — 23 in northwest Texas and two in New Mexico. A company spokeswoman said Lawrence had suffered from "serious heart trouble" and died during unrelated surgery when doctors were unable to restore his blood pressure.
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