Rena Everett

1946 - 2015

Rena Lawson Everett, 68, of Atlanta, died peacefully in her residence with her four children by her side on February 2, 2015. Rena was born on March 3, 1946, in New Orleans to Gladys Adair Bridges Lawson and Joseph Howard Lawson. Rena was an extraordinary beauty inside and out. She was crowned Miss Imperion at Newnan High School and won the Best Actress award, before her career as Rich's top model electrifying the Fashionata Runway at the Fox Theater. Rena was a member of the Cherokee Rose Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution and volunteered with the Junior League of Atlanta. She was preceded in death by her mother, father, and brother Joseph Howard Lawson, Jr. She is survived by her children, Rena Ann Peck Stricker, Rhonda Adair O'Gorman, Travis Ingram Peck, and Tiffany Peck Dougherty, of Atlanta, her sister, Ann Adair Lawson (Jon) Armstrong of Lookout Mountain, and her grandchildren, Roxie Elizabeth Stricker, Lawson Bridges Stricker, Everett Attridge O'Gorman, Elizabeth Adair O'Gorman, Monroe Bridges Peck, and Walter Redmond Dougherty. Graveside burial will be at Sharpsburg Baptist Church Cemetery in Sharpsburg, Georgia on Thursday, February 5, at two o'clock in the afternoon. Reception will follow at the home of Rena Ann & Eric Stricker in Atlanta. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.mckoon.com Rena wholeheartedly believed in the beauty of nature and the importance of education. In lieu of flowers, donations in Rena's honor may be made to the Ellis School for Deaf-Blind ellisschoolatlanta.org, Pace Academy Alumni Scholarship Fund www.paceacademy.org, or The Georgia Land Trust www.galandtrust.org. McKoon Funeral Home & Crematory 770-253-4580