Augustus Riley Dawson Jr., age 88 of Kennesaw, Ga., passed away Friday November 30, 2018. Funeral services will be held Wednesday December 5, at 1:30 pm at the Kennesaw United Methodist Church at 1801 Ben King Rd. Kennesaw, Ga. ,with Dr. Wallace Wheelis and Rev. Graham Arp officiating. Burial with military honors will be held after services at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Dawson will lie-in-state from 1:00 PM until 1:30 PM on Wednesday November 5, 2018. Mr. Dawson was a native of Mobile, AL., he was a United States Army veteran, he worked at Lockheed for many years and had 4, years of college with a BS Degree in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University he is preceded in death by his first wife, Sarah Elizabeth Fowler Dawson, parents A.R. Dawson Sr. and Mildred Trout and Brother Charles Dawson. Surviving are; wife, Diana Vye Dawson, son; ‘Lt.Col. A.R. “Bucky” Dawson III, daughter’s; Millie Dawson-Hardy and husband (Greg), Sally Ann Dawson Barron and husband (CDR. Jeff ), sister; Charlotte Dawson Moody, grandchildren; Clair Hardy, Joanna Hardy ,Brittany Barron ,Megan Barron, Jeffrey Barron, Augustus R. Dawson IV, Matthew B. Dawson and Elizabeth. The family will receive friends Tuesday December 4, 2018 from 6pm until 8 pm at Winkenhofer Pine Ridge Funeral Home at 2950 North Cobb Pkwy. Kennesaw, GA. (770)422-7299.