Remembering Cornelius Lawyer

Age 84, Bellevue, Wash.
Passed away on March 8, 2020

His name was Cornelius Neil Lawyer, but those who knew him best called him Moose or Grandpa Moose.

Mr. Lawyer was born in a one-room sharecropper's house in rural Mississippi and became the first in his family to graduate from college before eventually settling in Bellevue after living for years in Belgium. He loved to sing, and his strong baritone voice was a great fit for local theater production.

He coached several Brussels (Belgium) Little League teams to the European Championships but never reached the goal of getting to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. But four years ago, on his 80th birthday, his family took him to Williamsport to watch the event. He made it after all.

He lived a full life, said David Lawyer, the second oldest child of Neil and Peggy Lawyer, who passed away in 1999.

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