Booneville Resident, Former Three Forks Jailer Charlotte Lawson Dies

Charlotte Marie Lawson, 71 years, 3 months, and 11 days, departed this life in Irvine, Kentucky on February 25, 2026, the Booneville Sentinel obituary states, listing her as a retired Jailer of the Three Forks Regional Jail. The obituary appears on the Sentinel’s site under a page header dated Thursday, March 5, 2026, and shows a “Posted” label without a visible timestamp.

The Sentinel’s obituary begins with a single biographical sentence: "Charlotte Marie Lawson, daughter of the late Clarence and Spicie Mae Seale Lawson was born in Richmond, Kentucky on November 14, 1954 and departed this life in Irvine, Kentucky on February 25, 2026 at the age of 71 years, 3 months, and 11 days." That sentence provides Lawson’s full birthdate and birthplace and confirms the precise age recorded in the notice.

On her career and community ties, the obituary states: "She was a retired Jailer of the Three Forks Regional Jail and attended the Pinecrest Church of God." Those details identify Lawson’s public service role at the regional detention facility that serves eastern Kentucky counties and her affiliation with Pinecrest Church of God.

The obituary lists her immediate survivors by name and location: three children, Andrea Collins and husband Chris of Beattyville, Denim Koops of Beattyville, and Sean Flanagan of Beattyville; and five grandchildren, Zachary Rogers of Beattyville, Trystan and Kaya Vandergraff of Noblesville, Indiana, and Maddox and Ellie Flanagan of Beattyville. The notice also names siblings Gwendolyn Overbee, Ray Lawson and Terry Lawson, and includes "a host of other relatives and friends."

Lawson was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Spicie Mae Seale Lawson, and by siblings Roy Lawson, Roger Lawson and Francis Thomas, the obituary records. The Sentinel page shows a brief repeated fragment in the preceded-in-death line, a formatting artifact that still conveys the names of the family members listed as having died earlier.

The obituary did not provide a cause of death, funeral or visitation arrangements, or a burial location. Those details were not on the Sentinel page excerpt. Local family members named in the notice include Andrea Collins, Denim Koops and Sean Flanagan of Beattyville; further inquiries about services or reminiscences could be directed to the Booneville Sentinel or the Pinecrest Church of God for confirmation and additional arrangements.