Brenda "Button" Darnell (Hurst) Lawson

Brenda Darnell Hurst Lawson, widow of Thomas D. Lawson, passed away on July 1, 2026 at Highlands Regional Hospital. Brenda was born to Getrude and Luther Hurst on August 12, 1948.

Brenda married Tommy when she was fifteen years old and became an important part of the Lawson family where she was considered a daughter more than a daughter-in-law and a sister more than a sister-in-law. Brenda earned her GED then later her degree in nursing. She spent many years as a beloved, skilled nurse at Our Lady of the Way in Martin, Kentucky and at McDowell Hospital in McDowell, Kentucky. Brenda was a very outgoing person who loved life and had many friends. She also had many struggles after her husband, her children, her parents, and both of her siblings left this earth before she did. Even in extreme grief, Brenda could always find something to laugh about, and she never lost her faith in her Savior Jesus Christ whom she hung on to and trusted even in her darkest moments. Brenda will be greatly missed by her family, but they are comforted knowing she is with the Lord and with all those who went on before her. 

She is survived by her nephews Tony Stumbo and Chris Stumbo, her nieces Karla Dean, Karin Tuttle, Melanie Hoel, Jennifer VanDerMark, and Laura Miller, several grandnephews and grandnieces, and her “bonus” familiy  Sureka and her three beautiful daughters, and her fur baby, Lilly.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her daughter Thomasina Lawson, her husband Tommy Lawson, her son Billy Lawson, her sister Carolyn Stumbo, her brother Dwayne Hurst, and her niece Michelle Stumbo.

Funeral service will be conducted Monday, July 6, 2026 at 11 a.m. in the Hall Funeral Home Chapel with Shawn Kidd officiating.  Burial will follow in the Lucy Hall Cemetery, McDowell, KY, visitation is after 6 p.m. Sunday with service at 7 p.m., under direction of the Hall Funeral Home, Martin, Kentucky.

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