She loved to bowl and cook but most of all she loved being a mother and grandmother. Dean was an LPN for over 20 years, and was a faithful member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Kingston, TN for 54 years.
Dean is preceded in death by her husband, Donald Rhea Lawrence, parents George and Martha Reed, sister Dorothy Sue McWhorter and grandchild Kelson Reed Lawrence.
Dean is survived by two sons, Randall K. (Marilynn) Lawrence and Timothy W. (Gina) Lawrence, sister Betty Jo Reed; grandchildren Keith (Tricia) and Kasey Dean Lawrence (fiance Rayne Leonard), Kaitlynn Rhea (Joshua) Bare, Ian (Cheri) Lawrence, Micah (Katie) Lawrence, Jeremy Lawrence, Ellen Lawrence, Abby Lawrence; granddaughter in-law, Karolyn Lawrence and great-grandchildren, Keely, Ali, Ethan, Megan, Tristan, Macy, Natalie, Jason and Steven Lawrence.