Alto- Funeral services for Teresa Lawson Gardiner, 56, of Alto will be Tuesday, September 3, at 10 am at the First Apostolic Church of Dialville with Rev. Paul Gates officiating. Burial will follow at Alto City Cemetery. Teresa passed away Sunday, September 1, in Dialville. She was born January 26, 1963 in Rusk, Texas to Willard Lawson and Nelda Armstrong Lawson. Teresa lived most of her life in Alto and was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Apostolic Church in Dialville and was preceded in death by her parents, Willard and Nelda Lawson. She is survived by son Willard Lawson Creel, sister Melinda Gates (Paul) and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers are David Alexander, Mickey Gates, Tony Goodman, Steve Logan, Anthony Munsinger and John Henry Cagle. Visitation will be Tuesday morning beginning at 9 AM at the church.