Merle Lawson, a dedicated family man, longtime operator of Lawson’s Landing campground and resort and legendary fisherman whose passion for the pastime was matched only by his desire to share it with family, friends and the generations of visitors who vacationed at the landing, died April 23 in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 86.
Lawson worked at the family-run landing and summer destination campground—Merle’s grandfather Sylvester purchased the Dillon Beach site in the 1920’s—for 45 years.…