(The Late) Mrs. Audrey H. Lawson

Mrs. Lawson, the wife of Reverend Lawson passed away in December 2015. She was beloved by the entire Houston community. She was instrumental in encouraging Ron Scales, one of the founders of CMCH, in the early days of the center. Ron relates his earliest memory of Mrs. Lawson. “My first memory was when I joined the church volley ball team in the 1970’s. She said ‘you are new and my name is Audrey Lawson and I would like to welcome you to my team’. She was not pompous and only later did I discover she was the wife of the minister. Impressed by her humbleness and sincerity, I decided to join the church. A few years later, after just having started CMCH, I called her for advice since I did not know how to operate a non-profit. I called her many times, often at inconvenient times, asking for help; yet, she would always make time to listen to my tales of woe and give me both encouragement and practical advice. She always told me to ‘just keep on and it will turn out okay’. The Music Center would have folded without her support.