We are in search of Shirley Dean Lawson(maiden name). She has been married about 9 times. Her second marriage was to William Bascomb Lantrip, and her 4th marriage was a remarriage to the first husband. My husband seems to think another of her marriages either #5 or #8 was to a Sears, whom was a dentist in the Mountain Brook, Alabama area. Her birthday is unknown except for year which is either 1935 or 1936, about 76 years of age. She was 22 on December 20th 1957 when my husband was born. My husbands father(William Bascomb Lantrip) and mother(Shirley Dean Lawson Lantrip) use to live in Snowtown, Alabama. Shirley left William shortly after my husband was born. My husband say in the new year of 1958 when he was just 6 weeks old, so around February 1958 is when she left. She has 2 other children born born out of her first marriage being Mike & Jackie, then born in marriage with William Lantrip was Debbie, my husband and another girl he can not remember her name though. He has no idea if there are other children from other marriages after she left. I hope this is enough info to go on cause this is all he can remember. We are trying to find her for him because he is sick and doctor gave him 20years and it has been 13 already. I have talked him into finding his mother for family history and so he can get to know her. My late husband(he was given 2 months to live) before him also agreed to do the same thing to locate his mother, but we never got around to doing this before he passed away. I was able to locate her 1 year after he passed, and I don't want this to end up the same way. Please someone help! TY

I do not know how to edit my info so I am placing it here for all to read: I also need to add that my husband also thinks she is living in Shelby County, Alabama exact area unknown. Hope this helps! TY

Who raised him, his father ? When was the last time he saw her ?

Also sorry but I have to ask, whose idea is this really, more yours since your first husband did not do this, so you are trying to do this because of your first husband.
Honestly he did not want to though his entire life to find her, did not try And what does he really think he will find.

Sometimes we need to be happy and remember the life we lived, the people who were part of THAT life and respect and honor them not hunt that mystic white whale ( so to speak) that was never really part of our life.

But most likely he will need to hire a professional investigator since trying to find women after just one or two marriages is tough enough

Yes his father raised him. The last time he saw his mother was when he was 16 in 1975. No problem do ask all you want. Whose idea is this; well it is simply his idea to find her for family health issues, plus the fact he is very ill, plus he just want to see if she cares anything for him as her son, plus when I told him how my late husbands mother responded after hearing her son had passed put tears in his eye. He does not want to leave this world never knowing the truth of how she truly feels.

Please keep in mind this is for family health issues as well and he has children that need to know what the missing links gene poole has issues with.
Honestly he could not find her after 1975 because of divorcing and marrying another man, so to many names that where unknown as well as moving.

If this was my son trying to locate me and he passed away and his wife found me I would react the same way my late husbands mother did and ask why did you find me sooner and cried with remorse of never really letting my son how I truly felt about him, and why I left.

Please remember that sometimes a situation arises where you have no other choice but to leave for fear of your life of being beaten down. Back then they did not have the laws in place as they do now to protect battered women. The men back then would make a threat to keep any children and if attempts were made bodily harm would come to them. And being from the deep south this is the way of life back then.

I have been talking though several avenues in locating his mother and the day that I give up will be the day he states to stop. Then when he passes away I will continue my search and may hear the same motherly remorse of tears and anger in her voice. But until then I will continue our search knowing this is what he truly wants.