Bessie Moody-Lawrence

Background

Moody-Lawrence, Bessie was born on February 14, 1941.

Career

Member Education & Public Works Committee. House representative Highway General & Higher Education Subcoms., South Carolina. Program coordinator, elementary education, 1985—1988.

State representative District 49 South Carolina, since 1993. Member Highway General & Higher Education Subcoms., since 1997, Military Committee, Public & Munic Affairs Committee, Joint Committee Children & Families. Associate professor education Winthrop University.

Achievements

• Bessie Moody-Lawrence has been listed as a noteworthy state legislator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, South Carolina Association Teachers (president 1982-1983).