In Memoriam: Mamie L. Dawson

Mamie L. Dawson, mother of Dr. Tom Dawson, senior pastor of The SOAR Church in Woodbine, New Jersey, went to be with the Lord on April 1, 2024. A Homecoming Celebration service will be held for Mamie on Monday, April 15, at 11 a.m. at Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Philadelphia, Pa.

April 11, 2024
Macala Mays

Mamie L. Dawson, mother of Dr. Tom Dawson, senior pastor of The SOAR Church in Woodbine, New Jersey, went to be with the Lord on April 1, 2024.

A Homecoming Celebration service will be held for Mamie on Monday, April 15, at 11 a.m. at Deliverance Evangelistic Church, located at 2001 W. Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A viewing will take place at the church before the service from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Family members, friends and loved ones are welcome to attend.

Following the service, Mamie will then be laid to rest at Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia. Lenwood Jones Funeral Home will be handling all of the arrangements.

Thoughts and memories can be shared with Mamie’s family through the Lenwood Jones Funeral Home Tribute Wall. Those wishing to send flowers can do so through the funeral home’s website.

The BRN extends its deepest condolences and continued prayers to Dr. Tom Dawson and family. Please join us in praying for them and others grieving the loss of Mamie L. Dawson.

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Macala Mays

In 2022, Macala Mays stepped into her current role as Associate Editor of BRN United and Podcast Producer for the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/South Jersey (BRN). Before taking this position, she worked as a contracted Podcast Producer in 2021 and a freelance writer in 2020 for the BRN. During her time with the BRN, Macala Mays has produced three different podcast series, including 50 Stories of Transformation (2021-2022), The #LovePASJ Podcast (2022), and Celebrating Cooperative Missions (2023). She also has written over 60 articles for the BRN and has been nationally published by The Baptist Paper and Baptist Press. She is also a member of the Baptist Communicators Association (BCA).

Prior to working with the BRN, Macala interned at the State Capitol of Tennessee in the Publications Division under the office of Secretary of State. She also remotely wrote news for TalkErie, a radio station in Erie, Pa., and previously worked as a News Director/Producer for WJET-TV in Erie, Pa.

Macala Mays holds a master of arts in communications from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (EUP) as well as a bachelor of arts in journalism/public relations from EUP. During her graduate years, Macala worked as a Graduate Assistant and helped manage the on-campus radio station. She also served as a managing editor for the university’s newspaper, which led to an interest in music journalism.
Macala and her husband, Robbie, live in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, where they attend Big Woods Bible Church and Robbie serves as the Associate Pastor of Campus Ministry. Both Robbie and Macala find great joy in discipling and walking alongside college students at Lock Haven University.