Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton
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Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton (February 2, 1875 Pittsylvania County, Virginia - 2 July 1939) was a Virginian civic leader and political activist.[1], [2] Her mother was Alice Lawson, and there are no birth records listing information about her father.[2] She attended the Virginia Seminary and the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and graduated in 1895. Later that year, on December 25, Millie married William H. Paxton; following their marriage, they had two sons and one daughter.[2] Soon after their marriage, Millie and William Paxton moved to Roanoke where Mr. Paxton operated a horse drawn carriage company.[1] In 1901, William Paxton died and left Millie to care for their children. To raise funds to raise her children, Paxton worked at different times in domestic service or as a laundress.[1]
The job that she would come to work at for many years was as an attendance officer for the city's African-American schools.[citation needed]
When she died, a Virginia newspaper said that she had been "one of Roanoke's most widely known and beloved colored citizens," active "in all phases of civic and religious work."[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Dictionary of Virginia Biography - Millie Lawson Bethell Paxton Biography". www.lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ^ a b c "Paxton, Millie Lawson Bethell (1875–1939) – Encyclopedia Virginia". Retrieved 2021-03-25.
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