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HONORING CLAUDIA MAE TAYLOR DONALSON
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HON. SCOTT DesJARLAIS
of tennessee
in the house of representatives
Friday, October 7, 2022
Mr. DesJARLAIS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Claudia Mae Taylor Donalson. Claudia is the most recent honoree of the Women of Lincoln County Committee--a group that has joined together to recognize and honor influential women that have played such a significant role in the County's history.
Claudia was a lifelong Lincoln County resident born April 13, 1916. She was the only child to her proud parents Jessie and Mary Lacy Taylor. She was educated in Fayetteville public schools where she would later return as a teacher. Donalson attended Tennessee State University in Nashville for her undergraduate degree and Alabama A&M University in Huntsville for her graduate studies.
She was married in 1944 to a prominent Lincoln County community member, Dr. Latha Mitchell Donalson, known as L.M., who was a surgeon and hospital administrator. After Claudia retired from teaching, she worked as a dietician for her husband who founded Donalson Hospital now known as Donalson Nursing Home.
One of the greatest joys of her life was being an educator. She spent thirty years working to better the lives of children as a teacher in both the Fayetteville and Lincoln County school systems.
Claudia was a woman of great faith. She was baptized as a child and became a lifetime member of the St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Fayetteville. She served her church in many capacities as Trustee, Vice President of the Women's Missionary Society, the Layman's Organization, and the Kitchen Committee.
A woman with a true servant's heart, she was incredibly active in making her community a better place. She was a member of the Tennessee Retired Teachers Association, the NAACP, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., the Advisory Board of First National Bank-Pulaski, the Fayetteville and Lincoln County Child Development Center, Lincoln Medical Center Auxiliary, Lincoln County Historical Society, Hannah's House, and the R.F. Boyd Auxiliary at Meharry Medical Hospital. She was also a Volunteer Hostess for the Fayetteville/Lincoln County Museum and Civic Center.
In her free time, she enjoyed traveling with her husband abroad, gardening, reading, refinishing furniture and mastering her needlework skills. She passed away on October 2, 2007.
I hope that the Congress will join me in recognizing the life of Mrs. Donalson, and I congratulate the efforts of the Women of Lincoln County Committee for their work in recognizing and adding to the historical records of the women who have helped shaped the history of their county.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 161(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 161(2)
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