Recognizing Reverend Carlton Mahone, Sr.

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Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a man of strong faith, a distinguished public servant and community leader, Reverend Carlton Mahone, Sr., for 50 years of preaching the Gospel in the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church. Reverend Mahone's five decades of ministry was celebrated at a gathering at Holsey Chapel CME Church in Columbus, Georgia on August 20, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.

Carlton Mahone was born in Atlanta, Georgia to the union of retired CME minister Reverend E. L. Mahone and the late Fannie Mahone. He joined the St. Paul CME Church in Shiloh, Georgia at an early age and was educated at Ruth Carter High School in Talbotton, Georgia and, subsequently, Morris Brown College in Atlanta. After college, he relocated to Dayton, Ohio to attend the United Theological Seminary to receive training to be a minister of the Gospel. Today, Reverend Mahone is the pastor of the Holsey Monumental CME Church in Columbus, Georgia.

Pastor Mahone's faith called him to be a servant leader at many different churches across the United States, including pastorates in Georgia, Ohio, and Washington state, and Alaska where his ministries at the First CME Church in Anchorage from 1989 to 1994 earned him recognition from the NAACP and will always have a special place in his heart. In addition to his pastoral ministry, Reverend Mahone is a dedicated community leader and public servant, and his passion for mentoring and improving the lives of young people led him to run for, and win, a seat on the Talbot County, Georgia Board of Education in 2020.

Reverend Mahone has been recognized numerous times for his community leadership. He was named the 1983 Distinguished Pastor of the Year of the Georgia Conference for the Sixth Episcopal District by the Phillips School of Theology. He was recognized again in 2019 for his ministerial service, receiving Outstanding Pastor of the Year for the North Columbus-LaGrange District of the West Georgia Region of the Sixth Episcopal District. Additionally, he is a past president of the South Georgia Black Caucus and is currently the third Vice President of the Georgia Black Caucus.

1 Peter Chapter 4, Verse 10 tells us, ``As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.'' Reverend Mahone exemplifies this verse through his dedicated community service in volunteering with the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services, He also served as the Executive Director for Children and Youth Commission in Fitzgerald, Georgia, and as Chairman of Even Start, a federal program to increase literacy among our nation's children and their parents.

At the center of Pastor Mahone's accomplished life is the unwavering love and support of his family and his loving wife, Lisa Thomas Mahone. Pastor Mahone is the father of 5 children, grandfather of 7, and great- grandfather of 2.

Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join my wife, Vivian; and me, along with the more than 730,000 people of the Second Congressional District, The Holsey Monumental CME Church family and entire Chattahoochee Valley community, in extending our sincerest appreciation and best wishes to Pastor Carlton Mahone, Sr. upon the celebration of his 50th year of pastorship and his many years of humble service to humanity.

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