Committee Assignments:

  Education and Public Works

Occupation: Full-time Legislator/Retired Emeritus Faculty, Winthrop Univ.

Biography:MOODY-LAWRENCE, Bessie Ayers [D]--(Dist. No. 49, York Co.)--Full-time Legislator/Retired Emeritus Faculty, Winthrop Univ.; residing at 219 Bowser St., Rock Hill; b. Feb. 14, 1941 in Chester; d. Robert Douglas Ayers, Sr. and Bessie Lewis Ayers; g. S.C. State Univ., B.S., 1962; Winthrop Univ., M.Ed., 1971; Univ. of S.C., Ed.D., 1981; 1964 m. the late Lindberg Moody, Sr., 3 children, Lindberg, Jr., Katrina Joanne, and Leah Bess; Feb. 9, 1991 m. James Earl Lawrence, 1 stepchild, Erick C.; Coll. Marshal, Winthrop Univ., 1983-97; S.C. Assn. of Teacher Educators, Pres., 1982-83; Prog. Coordinator of Elementary Educ., Winthrop Univ., 1985-88; Central City Optimist of Rock Hill, VP, 1990-91; mem.: Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., 1976; NAACP; Fleming Fellow, Class of 1997; Med., Mil., Public & Municipal Affairs Com.; Stennis Southern Women in Govt. Pacesetter, 1997-98; Jt. Com. to Study Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1993; Jt. Legis. Com. on Children and Families; The Laney Award, NAACP, 2000; Clerk of Session, Hermon United Presbyterian Church, 1980-86; prev. serv. in House 1993-07.

Biography current as of April 15, 2008