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A resolution honoring the life of Queen Mother Catherine Hayes Carr.
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WHEREAS, Queen Mother Catherine Hayes Carr passed away at 3:33 a.m. on January 19, 2022 at the age of 93; and
WHEREAS, Carr was born on a family farm in Russell County, Alabama and was the youngest of six siblings; and
WHEREAS, Carr's parents, Gussie and Thomas Hayes, Sr., taught their children the value of hard work and self-reliance, and were faithful congregants of Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Late Seale, Alabama; and
WHEREAS, Carr attended Russell County's Uchee Valley School and even raced in the Tuskegee Institute's famous Tuskegee Relays as a young adult; and
WHEREAS, she went on to spend time in Phenix City, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia where she sang in a family gospel group that broadcasted from local radio stations such as WOKS, WGBA, and WDAK; and
WHEREAS, in 1964, Catherine married the love of her life, U.S. Army Sergeant Haywood Haskell Carr and they eventually made their way to Nashville, Tennessee in search of a permanent home for their family; and
WHEREAS, Catherine and Haywood first settled in South Nashville and became members of Kayne Avenue Baptist Church where they made many lifelong friends over the course of a nearly four-decade marriage; and
WHEREAS, Catherine and Haywood, who were largely self-educated people without a formal high school education between them, raised three successful children together: Dr. Greg Carr of Silver Spring, Maryland, past Chair of Afro-American Studies at Howard University; Rev. jeff obafemi carr of Nashville, Tennessee, Founder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Infinity Fellowship Interfaith Gathering; and Gussie Carr Fuller of Missouri City, Texas, Partner in Paris Carr Enterprises, and
WHEREAS, Catherine Carr became a pillar among Sainted Elders in the Kayne Avenue Church family and served the church on the Missionary, Senior, and Mass Choirs, the Mothers' Board, and represented the church in the Stones Ri...
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