- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Services in Memory Of Bishop Andrew William Lawson, Sr., 1909-1981, Jerusalum United Holy Church of America, Inc., Reidsville, North Carolina, Wednesday, April 29, 1981, 6:00 P.M., Fisher Memorial United Holy Church of America, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, Thursday, April 30, 1981, 11:00 A.M.
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1981-04-30
- Subject:
- African American men--North Carolina--Durham--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--North Carolina--Durham--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--North Carolina--Durham---History--20th century
Funeral service--North Carolina--Durham--History--20th century
Mourning customs--North Carolina--Durham--History--20th century
African Americans--North Carolina--Durham--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Durham County, Durham, 35.99403, -78.89862
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Andrew William Lawson, Sr. Birth date: June 6, 1909. Death date: April 24, 1981. Funeral date: April 30, 1981. Church: Fisher Memorial United Holy Church of America, Inc. (Durham, N.C.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 235
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_lawsonandrewwilliamsr19810430
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_lawsonandrewwilliamsr19810430
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
ACTIVE FLORAL BEARERS Missionary I;>~p~rtment and Lady Ministers of Jerusalem United Holy Church of America, Inc.
Lady Ministers and Ministers' Wives Western North Carolina District
HONORARY FLORAL BEARERS Deaconess Board and Missionary Department of Fisher Memorial United Holy Church of America, Inc.
Missionary Department of Western North Carolina District
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS Deacon and Trustee Board of Jerusalem United Holy Church of America, Inc. Board of Presbytery and District Elders of Western North Carolina Conference
HONORARY PALLBEARERS General Elders, Trustee and D con Boards of Fisher Memorial United Holy Chu h of America, Inc.
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Durham and Surrounding Areas
Acknowledgment
The FAMILY gratefully acknowledges and deeply appreciiltes the many acts of kifldness shown them during the homegoing of Bishop Andrew Williilm LawSOil, Sr. May God Bless You!
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Arrangements
By
FISHER FUNERAL PARLOR, INC. Funeral Service Licensees 3137 Fayetteville Street Durham, North Carolina Since 1963
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Service Printing Company - Durham, North Carolina
SERVICES IN MEMORY
OF
BISHOP ANDREW WILLIAM LAWSON, SR.
1909- 1981
................ Jerusalem United Holy Church Of America, Inc.
REIDSVILLE, NORTii CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1981 6:00P.M.
.............
FishPr Memorial United Holy Church of America, Inc.
DURHAM, NORTii CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1981 11:00 A.M.
Obituary
BISHOP ANDREW WILLIAM LAWSON, SR., son of the late Edward and Daisy Lawson, was born June 6, 1909 in Person County, North Carolina. He made his transition, at his home in Reidsville, NC on Saturday morning, April 24, 1981 at 3:00 p.m.
Bishop Lawson was a devout Christian, having accepted the Lord as his personal Savior as a boy and began his christian ministry in 1932 and was ordained in 1934. In 1938, Andrew Lawson became pastor of Jerusalem United Holy Church of America, Inc. of Reidsville, North Carolina, where he recently led the congregation in building a $300,000 Church. In 1944 he succeeded the late Bishop Henry L. Fisher as pastor of Gospel Tabernacle (now Fisher Memorial United Holy Church of America, Inc.) where in 1956 he led the congregation in constructing the present edifice with an education department and Day Care Center. Beleiving that one should actualize his potential, Bishop Lawson attended elementary and junior high school at Boydton Institute, Boydton Virginia and the Frederick Douglas Hig~ School in Baltimore, MD before receiving a high school diploma from Hillside High School, Durham, NC. In 1945, Bishop Lawson received the B.A. degree from Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC and in 1948 the B.D. degree from Shaw University School of Religion, Raleigh, NC. For seventeen years, he taught and served as Dean and then President of the United Christian College, Goldsboro, NC and received the Doctor of Divinity degree from this college.
For outstanding work with countless numbers of ministers and christian workers and after developing and presenting a theological dissertation, Bishop Lawson was awarded the Master of Divinity degree from Shaw University in 1971. Bishop Lawson was not only a successful and beloved pastor but was also endowed with the administrative ability which the United Holy Church of America, Inc. leadership recognized and endorsed. In 1960, he was elected Junior Bishop of the Church and was consecrated Bishop in 1961. That year he was also appointed Bishop of the Youth Department of the United Holy Church of America, Inc., a position he held until his death. Bishop Lawson served a tenure as President of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Durham and surrounding areas; Chairman of the United Campus Christian
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Ministry of North Carolina Central University, Durham,. NC; Leader of seminars and institutes in several states and convocational disbicts and as a missionary to Haiti where he served as Bishop. He has travelled to many countries .of the world; including England, Italy, Egypt, Greece, Palestine and in 1976 toured several countries in West Africa.
At the time of his transition from earthly lite, he was serving as Pastor of Fisher Memorial United Holy Church of America, Inc. and Jerusalem United Holy Church of America, Inc.; President of the Western North Carolina District Convocation and Bishop of the Youth Department. One of his most satisfying accomplishments was in leading the Western North Carolina District in purchasing the Y.W.C.A. building at 312 Umstead Street, Durham, NC and presenting it to the General Church for its headquarters.
In addition, he was author of several books: Biography ofBishop H. L.
Fisher; Catechism of United Holy Church of America, Inc.; Doctrine of Church of United Holy Church of America, Inc; Holy Spirit in Action.
He was married to the former Miss Grace Owens and to this union were born four children.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Gracie 0. Lawson of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Gladys E. Holland and Reverend Mrs. Hallie 0. Reeves both of Washington, DC, and Mrs. Martha Wanda Price of Durham, NC; one son, Andrew W. Lawson, Jr. of Durham, NC; four sisters, Mrs. Valissa L. Thomas and Mrs. Adell L. Boone, both of Baltimore, MD, Mrs. Marian L. Smith of Washington, DC and Mrs. Salome L. Barnett of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; three brothers, Lawrence Lawson of Daytona Beach, Florida, Aubrey Lawson of Washington, DC and Reverend Equilla Lawson of Wilson, NC; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a host of other relatives and friends.