As family, friends, community and church members prepare to say goodbye to a Houston icon, The Defender is looking back over the storied life and legacy of Rev. William Bill Lawson.

Make sure you check out complete coverage of this amazing man (and come back as we’ll be updating this page throughout the week).

I’m a Houstonian (by way of Smackover, Arkansas). My most important job is being a wife to my amazing husband, mother to my three children, and daughter to my loving mother. I am the National Bestselling...