Vivian Adaire Lawson Browder

Vivian Adaire Lawson Browder, 90, of Savannah, departed this life to be with her Lord on Wednesday, November 19, at her home in Savannah, Tennessee. She was born in Ramer, Tennessee, to the late Thomas Bate Lawson and Elsie Burgania Jackson Lawson on October 4, 1935.
She graduated from Ramer High School in 1953. On Easter Sunday in 1954, she met the love of her life, William Alton Browder of Savannah. They were married a year later on June 19, 1955, and remained deeply in love and the best of friends until his death in November of 2023.
Mrs. Browder was a loving wife and mother and a devout Christian and member of the Mt. Zion Church of Christ. She raised her two children with happiness and joy. She was always at her husband’s side. Vivian was a homemaker, licensed practical nurse, and Beefmaster cattle rancher for several years. She enjoyed working on the land and had a unique way with animals. Vivian did beautiful embroidery work and was a loving grandmother.
In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her son William Alton Brower Jr; her grandson, William Alton Browder III, of Counce; and two sisters Virginia Dancer of Selmer, and Bernice Hite of Michie.
She is survived by her daughter Vivian Carden (James) of Monrovia, Maryland; and her grandchildren, Heather Browder, of Newport , Tennessee, Bryan Browder, of Nashville, Tennessee, Ashley Browder, of Counce, Tennessee, and Frances Smith (Travis) of Washington, DC. She is also survived by her loving caretaker of two years Rachel Sue Hite, of Michie, Tennessee.
Memorial services were held on Monday, November 24, at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Savannah, Tennessee, with Larry Cooksey officiating. Burial followed at Memory Gardens in Savannah, Tennessee.