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AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS SERVICE 
Office of Communication  
American Baptist Churches USA 
P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851 
Phone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320 
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Richard W. Schramm, Director 
 E-mail: richard.schramm@abc-usa.org

ANNIE JOE DAWSON, AMERICAN BAPTIST ASSEMBLY BENEFACTOR, DIES
 Annie Joe Dawson, a long-time benefactor of the 
American Baptist Assembly in Green Lake, Wis., died April 5.  
She was 92.
 Along with her husband, John, she was instrumental in 
raising funds for the purchase of the Assembly property in 
1943.  They bought what is now Dawson House on the grounds 
and then donated it back to the Assembly.  The Annie Joe 
Dawson Garden was dedicated at the Assembly in 1998.
 Annie Joe Dawson served as president of the Women's 
Auxiliary of the Central Baptist Children's Home.  John A. 
Dawson, an investment banker and active layman, was elected 
to a one-year term as president of the (then) American 
Baptist Convention in 1952.
 A funeral service was held April 8 at North Shore 
Baptist Church in Chicago, where the Dawsons were long-time 
members.
 Her son, John H. Dawson, is chair of the Lawsonia 
Board of Directors and a member of the ABA Board.  
Condolences may be sent to him at 7430 N. Paulina St., 
Chicago, IL 60626.

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