Lawrence M. Averitt Jr. was born July 22, 1948, son of Lawrence and Jay (Godwin) Averitt. He was a Vietnam veteran. Lawrence M. Averitt Jr. died November 9, 1995. From Journal Friday November 10: "Lawrence "Butch" M. Averitt Jr., 47, died Thursday...native...Sergeant in the US Army and a Veteran of Vietnam...survivors: daughter and son-in-law Michelle and Bobby McLane, daughter Ronja Averitt, parents Larry and Jay Averitt, sister and brother-in-law Sherry Sylvia and Larry McLane, and many others...Faith Chapel in charge." Lawrence is buried in T.A. Godwin family plot