Mrs. Lawsie Mae (Powe) Gore, 92, passed Friday, September 11, 2020 at her home. Lawsie was born in Buckatunna, MS, to the late Willie Fred Sr. and Eliza (Pilot) Powe. She was the wife of the late Rev. Willie W. Gore who pastored Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church for over thirteen years. She had been a resident of Mobile, AL since she was thirteen. Lawsie was self-employed as a beautician for sixty-two years. She graduated Dunbar High School, year 1946.
Lawsie accepted Christ as a teenager and later joined Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church where she served as a Matron, she was treasurer for Susan Matthew Circle, the Lawsie Gore Circle was named in her honor. She served as a Sunday school teacher and also taught the Lelia Frazier Class. She was chairman of the Deaconess' Board and she was also a member of the Mother Board.
Lawsie leaves to celebrate her memory and rejoice her home going one son, Dea. Alfred (Barbara) Gore of Mobile, AL; four granddaughters, Tallaisha (Duane) Maull of Daphne, AL, Jenean (DeMarco) Sheridan of Hoover, AL, Adrienne (Lemar) Gray of Tuscaloosa, AL, and Connie Jackson; six grands, Kendall Maull, Delaney and DeMarco "Deuce" Sheridan, Laila, Nadia, Aidan Gray.
Lawie is survived by sisters Lola Francisco, Minnie Thomas, and Mary Jackson, all of Chicago, IL; two sisters-in-law, Macie Gore of Atlanta, GA, Lucy (Willie) Merrill, Buffalo, NY; one brother-in-law Richard (Diane) Gore of Michigan City, IN; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
A private church service will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 11 a.m. at Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church. The family requests that respects be paid on the online register book, by phone, or by email due to the Covid-19 pandemic, out of concern for the friends Lawsie held so dear.
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