Alfred Thomas Lawson, Sr., 86, of Baxter Springs, died Thursday, August 5, 2021, at Freeman Hospital, in Joplin, Mo. Born June 16, 1935, in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, Alfred was the son of Christopher Columbus Lawson, Sr. and Louella Jane Wright. Alfred worked as a purchasing and parts agent, retiring to Baxter Springs, as a handyman. He was known as a “jack of all trades and master of none.” In his…