[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 13, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                RECOGNIZING REVEREND CARLTON MAHONE, SR.

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 13, 2022

  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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