Beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Known for her loving and generous heart, dynamic and energetic personality, fashionable hats and exuberant smile, Rose was dedicated to her family, friends, church, students and community.
Rose was born the only child of the late Clarence and Carrie C. Winfrey. From the very beginning, she made the most of her opportunities. A product of the Atlanta Public School System, she was an honor roll student, a class officer and majorette with the famed Booker T. Washington High School Marching Band of Atlanta, Georgia. She later earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Early Elementary Education from Morris Brown College and Columbia University, where she received her Master's Degree in speech and language pathology. In addition to her thirty-five years with the Atlanta Public School System three as a classroom teacher and thirty-two as a speech and language pathologist - she also taught at Atlanta University and provided out-patient and visiting speech/language therapy to patients of Grady Memorial Hospital. Recognized as a trailblazer and pioneer in her chosen field, she was selected by Southern Bell in 1993 as a "Teacher of Excellence" and featured in the 1993-94 Southern Bell Calendar of Black History.
Rose was active in many civic and community organizations in Atlanta. She served on the Mayor's Task Force For Public Education during Mayor Andrew Young's Administration and as past vice-president and teen sponsor for the Atlanta Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. She was a member of the Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, Club Aucourant, and the Board of S.C.L.C. Women, where she served as co-chairperson of the Educational Task Force. She was a Trinity School Board Trustee, Chairperson of the City of Atlanta's Senior Citizen's Ball for Mayor Shirley Franklin, and served on the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Host Committee. She also was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Rose's professional and civic duties also included supporting the love of her life for 50 years, husband, the late Harold Allen Dawson, Sr. and the family's real estate business. She was the Corporate Secretary of The Harold A. Dawson Company, Inc. and Trustee of The Dawson Family Trust.
Rose was an active member of Radcliffe Presbyterian Church of Atlanta throughout her life, serving as a Church School Teacher, Vacation Bible School Teacher and Church School Youth Drama Coordinator. She also served as an Usher, Vice President of the Volunteer Service Guild, Member of the Evangelism Committee and Deacon. Rose pioneered the theater ministry at Radcliffe and directed a number of productions for the church. In 1994, she was Radcliffe's Women's Day Speaker, and in 1998, she was honored and recognized as Radcliffe Presbyterian Woman of the Year.
Rose departed this life from Alzheimer's in April of 2016. She will greatly be missed by all those who knew her. The greatest reward as a teacher is not the numerous awards, plaques, or the recognition she has won as one of the pioneers in the field of speech/ language pathology. Instead, she said, "It is seeing your students achieve, succeed or be good people that gives me inner peace and a sense of accomplishment." She is survived by her two children, Harold Allen Dawson, Jr. and Cari Katrice Dawson, mother-in-law to John Martin Sparrow and Christina Wilson, and grandmother to Brianna Alexandra Dawson, Harold Allen Dawson III, Katrina Riel Dawson, Sam Wilson, Jay Wilson and a host of relatives and friends.
Rose was born the only child of the late Clarence and Carrie C. Winfrey. From the very beginning, she made the most of her opportunities. A product of the Atlanta Public School System, she was an honor roll student, a class officer and majorette with the famed Booker T. Washington High School Marching Band of Atlanta, Georgia. She later earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Early Elementary Education from Morris Brown College and Columbia University, where she received her Master's Degree in speech and language pathology. In addition to her thirty-five years with the Atlanta Public School System three as a classroom teacher and thirty-two as a speech and language pathologist - she also taught at Atlanta University and provided out-patient and visiting speech/language therapy to patients of Grady Memorial Hospital. Recognized as a trailblazer and pioneer in her chosen field, she was selected by Southern Bell in 1993 as a "Teacher of Excellence" and featured in the 1993-94 Southern Bell Calendar of Black History.
Rose was active in many civic and community organizations in Atlanta. She served on the Mayor's Task Force For Public Education during Mayor Andrew Young's Administration and as past vice-president and teen sponsor for the Atlanta Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. She was a member of the Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, Club Aucourant, and the Board of S.C.L.C. Women, where she served as co-chairperson of the Educational Task Force. She was a Trinity School Board Trustee, Chairperson of the City of Atlanta's Senior Citizen's Ball for Mayor Shirley Franklin, and served on the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Host Committee. She also was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Rose's professional and civic duties also included supporting the love of her life for 50 years, husband, the late Harold Allen Dawson, Sr. and the family's real estate business. She was the Corporate Secretary of The Harold A. Dawson Company, Inc. and Trustee of The Dawson Family Trust.
Rose was an active member of Radcliffe Presbyterian Church of Atlanta throughout her life, serving as a Church School Teacher, Vacation Bible School Teacher and Church School Youth Drama Coordinator. She also served as an Usher, Vice President of the Volunteer Service Guild, Member of the Evangelism Committee and Deacon. Rose pioneered the theater ministry at Radcliffe and directed a number of productions for the church. In 1994, she was Radcliffe's Women's Day Speaker, and in 1998, she was honored and recognized as Radcliffe Presbyterian Woman of the Year.
Rose departed this life from Alzheimer's in April of 2016. She will greatly be missed by all those who knew her. The greatest reward as a teacher is not the numerous awards, plaques, or the recognition she has won as one of the pioneers in the field of speech/ language pathology. Instead, she said, "It is seeing your students achieve, succeed or be good people that gives me inner peace and a sense of accomplishment." She is survived by her two children, Harold Allen Dawson, Jr. and Cari Katrice Dawson, mother-in-law to John Martin Sparrow and Christina Wilson, and grandmother to Brianna Alexandra Dawson, Harold Allen Dawson III, Katrina Riel Dawson, Sam Wilson, Jay Wilson and a host of relatives and friends.
Beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Known for her loving and generous heart, dynamic and energetic personality, fashionable hats and exuberant smile, Rose was dedicated to her family, friends, church, students and community.
Rose was born the only child of the late Clarence and Carrie C. Winfrey. From the very beginning, she made the most of her opportunities. A product of the Atlanta Public School System, she was an honor roll student, a class officer and majorette with the famed Booker T. Washington High School Marching Band of Atlanta, Georgia. She later earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Early Elementary Education from Morris Brown College and Columbia University, where she received her Master's Degree in speech and language pathology. In addition to her thirty-five years with the Atlanta Public School System three as a classroom teacher and thirty-two as a speech and language pathologist - she also taught at Atlanta University and provided out-patient and visiting speech/language therapy to patients of Grady Memorial Hospital. Recognized as a trailblazer and pioneer in her chosen field, she was selected by Southern Bell in 1993 as a "Teacher of Excellence" and featured in the 1993-94 Southern Bell Calendar of Black History.
Rose was active in many civic and community organizations in Atlanta. She served on the Mayor's Task Force For Public Education during Mayor Andrew Young's Administration and as past vice-president and teen sponsor for the Atlanta Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. She was a member of the Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, Club Aucourant, and the Board of S.C.L.C. Women, where she served as co-chairperson of the Educational Task Force. She was a Trinity School Board Trustee, Chairperson of the City of Atlanta's Senior Citizen's Ball for Mayor Shirley Franklin, and served on the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Host Committee. She also was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Rose's professional and civic duties also included supporting the love of her life for 50 years, husband, the late Harold Allen Dawson, Sr. and the family's real estate business. She was the Corporate Secretary of The Harold A. Dawson Company, Inc. and Trustee of The Dawson Family Trust.
Rose was an active member of Radcliffe Presbyterian Church of Atlanta throughout her life, serving as a Church School Teacher, Vacation Bible School Teacher and Church School Youth Drama Coordinator. She also served as an Usher, Vice President of the Volunteer Service Guild, Member of the Evangelism Committee and Deacon. Rose pioneered the theater ministry at Radcliffe and directed a number of productions for the church. In 1994, she was Radcliffe's Women's Day Speaker, and in 1998, she was honored and recognized as Radcliffe Presbyterian Woman of the Year.
Rose departed this life from Alzheimer's in April of 2016. She will greatly be missed by all those who knew her. The greatest reward as a teacher is not the numerous awards, plaques, or the recognition she has won as one of the pioneers in the field of speech/ language pathology. Instead, she said, "It is seeing your students achieve, succeed or be good people that gives me inner peace and a sense of accomplishment." She is survived by her two children, Harold Allen Dawson, Jr. and Cari Katrice Dawson, mother-in-law to John Martin Sparrow and Christina Wilson, and grandmother to Brianna Alexandra Dawson, Harold Allen Dawson III, Katrina Riel Dawson, Sam Wilson, Jay Wilson and a host of relatives and friends.
Rose was born the only child of the late Clarence and Carrie C. Winfrey. From the very beginning, she made the most of her opportunities. A product of the Atlanta Public School System, she was an honor roll student, a class officer and majorette with the famed Booker T. Washington High School Marching Band of Atlanta, Georgia. She later earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Early Elementary Education from Morris Brown College and Columbia University, where she received her Master's Degree in speech and language pathology. In addition to her thirty-five years with the Atlanta Public School System three as a classroom teacher and thirty-two as a speech and language pathologist - she also taught at Atlanta University and provided out-patient and visiting speech/language therapy to patients of Grady Memorial Hospital. Recognized as a trailblazer and pioneer in her chosen field, she was selected by Southern Bell in 1993 as a "Teacher of Excellence" and featured in the 1993-94 Southern Bell Calendar of Black History.
Rose was active in many civic and community organizations in Atlanta. She served on the Mayor's Task Force For Public Education during Mayor Andrew Young's Administration and as past vice-president and teen sponsor for the Atlanta Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. She was a member of the Atlanta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, Club Aucourant, and the Board of S.C.L.C. Women, where she served as co-chairperson of the Educational Task Force. She was a Trinity School Board Trustee, Chairperson of the City of Atlanta's Senior Citizen's Ball for Mayor Shirley Franklin, and served on the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Host Committee. She also was a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Rose's professional and civic duties also included supporting the love of her life for 50 years, husband, the late Harold Allen Dawson, Sr. and the family's real estate business. She was the Corporate Secretary of The Harold A. Dawson Company, Inc. and Trustee of The Dawson Family Trust.
Rose was an active member of Radcliffe Presbyterian Church of Atlanta throughout her life, serving as a Church School Teacher, Vacation Bible School Teacher and Church School Youth Drama Coordinator. She also served as an Usher, Vice President of the Volunteer Service Guild, Member of the Evangelism Committee and Deacon. Rose pioneered the theater ministry at Radcliffe and directed a number of productions for the church. In 1994, she was Radcliffe's Women's Day Speaker, and in 1998, she was honored and recognized as Radcliffe Presbyterian Woman of the Year.
Rose departed this life from Alzheimer's in April of 2016. She will greatly be missed by all those who knew her. The greatest reward as a teacher is not the numerous awards, plaques, or the recognition she has won as one of the pioneers in the field of speech/ language pathology. Instead, she said, "It is seeing your students achieve, succeed or be good people that gives me inner peace and a sense of accomplishment." She is survived by her two children, Harold Allen Dawson, Jr. and Cari Katrice Dawson, mother-in-law to John Martin Sparrow and Christina Wilson, and grandmother to Brianna Alexandra Dawson, Harold Allen Dawson III, Katrina Riel Dawson, Sam Wilson, Jay Wilson and a host of relatives and friends.
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