Webhe says that if it had not been for rev.

Lawson, a civil rights icon who was also known as houston's pastor and the founder of wheeler avenue baptist church, died tuesday.

Lawson, 95, died peacefully at home on tuesday.

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By the time he died.

Webwilliam โ€œbillโ€ lawson arrived in houston at the dawn of the civil rights era, planning to teach at texas southern university and to raise a family.

His parents met at wheeler, were married by lawson, and ultimately raised him.

Lawson, he may not even be here today.

Webhe arrived in houston in 1955 and quickly made an imprint on the city he would call home for the rest of his life.

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