Randolph County Georgia - Biography - Martin L. Lawson 1870 - 1951 ********************************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ********************************************************************************************** This file contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Charlene Parker" Sep 2002 M. L. LAWSON The subject of this sketch was born at Morven, Georgia, March 8, 1870. When old enough he entered the public schools of the community where he remained until he prepared himself for college. In 1889 he matriculated at Mercer University. After he had completed his studies there he went to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Kentucky. He was ordained to the ministry by the Baptist church at Live Oak, Florida. Since then he has held successfully pastorates in the following order; Vidalia, Ocilla, in Georgia; Bamberg, Beaufort, Camden, and Laurens in South Carolina; Hendersonville, North Carolina; Sylvester, Dawson and Cuthbert, Georgia. From time to time he has supplied many of the leading churches of the South. He has served on various boards of Southern Baptists. At the present he is pastor of the Cuthbert Baptist Church, Randolph County in the Bethel Association and is a Trustee of Bessie Tift College. Brother Lawson is one of the great preachers of the Bethel Association. He proclaims the Gospel of Christ vigorously and is persistent in his efforts to reach the people of his community. He is generous and kind, but uncompromising in the principles of the Baptist Doctrine. He believes that sinners are saved by the Grace of God and that they must be born again to have Eternal Life. As a pastor he is sympathetic, generous, visits the sick, and does many acts of charity wherever he finds a worthy object. We trust that there are yet many more years left to this untiring servant of God. 1930 Randolph County Georgia ed 122-17 sheet 6b 138-Lawson, Martin L. 60 m Ga Ga Ga Clergyman Baptist Mary E. 57 f Ga Ga Ga 1920 Worth County Georgia Sylvester ed 140 sheet 12 266- M. L. Lawson 49 m Ga Ga GA Baptist Minister Mary 46 f Ga Ga GA Georgia Death Index Name: Martin L Lawson Death Date: 04 Apr 1951 Race: W Gender: M County of Death: Colquitt Certificate: 8123 Age: 81 years County of Residence: Colquit