“Tony” Lawrence departed this life on Monday, August 3, 2026, at Four Oaks Assisted Living in Four Oaks, N.C. Tony attended Iredell County Public Schools through middle school before attending West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, N.C. While at West Charlotte High School, Tony played football and was a starting running back on the freshman team. Whether you knew him as Karl, Tony, Charlotte, or Tony Roni, you knew a man with an unforgettable personality and a special way of making those around him smile and laugh. He was preceded in death by his parents, James E. Lawrence and Patricia D. Femister Lawrence, and one brother, Peter O’Neal Lawrence.