Florida Senate - 2013                             (NP)    SR 340
       
       
       
       By Senator Thompson
       
       
       
       
       12-00583-13                                            2013340__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution celebrating the life of Mother Carrie Mae
    3         Muse Lawson.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, Carrie Mae Muse was born on September 27, 1928, to
    6  the late Lucille Ray Muse and Ed Muse in Midway, and
    7         WHEREAS, Carrie May Muse graduated from Midway High School
    8  and went on to attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
    9  University, where she received technical training in the
   10  culinary arts, and
   11         WHEREAS, Carrie Mae Muse met and married the love of her
   12  life, Alfred J. Lawson, Sr., and, together, they raised six
   13  children in a home that emphasized the importance of family,
   14  community, and education, and
   15         WHEREAS, after her conversion at an early age at the St.
   16  Luke Primitive Baptist Church in Midway, Carrie Mae Muse Lawson
   17  continually pursued a deeper knowledge of scripture, joining St.
   18  John Primitive Baptist Church, where she served on the Mother’s
   19  Board and was president of the junior choir and, later, the
   20  Midway Church of God in Christ, and
   21         WHEREAS, Carrie Mae Muse Lawson is remembered as “The
   22  Songbird” at the Midway Church of God in Christ, where she
   23  served on the Mother’s and Missionary Boards, sang in the E.L.
   24  Sheppard Memorial Choir, and served as the president of the
   25  usher board for the Big Bend District, and
   26         WHEREAS, Carrie Mae Muse Lawson was an avid civic worker,
   27  serving as a poll worker in many elections and coordinating the
   28  annual Midway Day Celebration, and
   29         WHEREAS, Carrie Mae Muse Lawson was a proud and devoted
   30  mother and grandmother and is survived by her daughters, Sandra
   31  Lawson, Verla Lawson-Grady, and Angela Martin; her sons, Alfred,
   32  Arthur, and Kelvin Lawson; and 11 grandchildren, NOW, THEREFORE,
   33  
   34  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   35  
   36         That we celebrate the life well lived of Carrie Mae Muse
   37  Lawson and extend our deepest sympathy to her beloved family and
   38  host of friends.