McMinnville resident and Warren County native Ernest Marshall Laws, 91, was born Nov. 14, 1925 and died Dec. 19 at St. Thomas River Park Hospital following a sudden illness.A retired gospel preacher, a member of Oakland Church of Christ, and a United States Army veteran of World War II, he was the son of the late Kenneth and Bessie Clark Laws. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by seven sisters, Frances Duncan, Beulah Gann, Edith Simpson, Edna Leech, Zelis Burks, Mildred Northcutt and Myrl Campbell; and two brothers, Harold and Omer Laws. He was married to his wife of 71 years, Pearl “Billie” Rigsby Laws of McMinnville.