The Rev. William Lawson speaks during a funeral service for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church, June 9, 2020, in Houston. Rev. Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who ...

Rev. William Lawson a long-time civil rights advocate and founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, has died, according to an obituary posted on the church’s website. He was 95.

Rev. William "Bill" Lawson, the founding pastor at Houston's Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church and a local civil rights leader, died Tuesday, the church announced. He was 95.

William LawsonWilliam Lawson, many were greatly saddened to learn of the passing of William Lawson, who died in a car accident on Saturday, July 13, 2013. Reports of this loss have appeared in many… ...

William D. Lawson VIRGINIA BEACH – William Davies Lawson, 80, joined his lovely bride, Virginia Whiting Sumpter Lawson, to be with the Lord April 7, 2008, in Sentara Leigh Memorial Hospital i… ...

The Rev. William Lawson speaks during a funeral service for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church, June 9, 2020, in Houston. Rev. Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who ...

The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston and worked with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died.