Bonnie Washington
Posted: March 5, 2010
MACON — Bonnie Washington, 55, died Feb. 26, 2010, at Noxubee General Hospital. Services are Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. Mark Church of Holiness with Pastor James A. Gillespie officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation is today from 1-6 p.m. at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Macon. Mrs. Washington was born Jan. 23, 1955, in Macon to Mattie Jane Prince Hampton and the late Rev. Joe Lee Hampton. She was a member of St. Mark Church of Holiness, where she served as co-pastor, choir director, Sunday school teacher, youth minister and she was licensed by the Pentecostal Assemble of the World. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Carolyn Washington, and grandson, Christopher Washington. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, Willie C. Washington; sons, Fredrick, Willie C. Jr., both of Macon, Christopher Washington, of Starkville, Martiniz Washington, of Macon; daughter, Tameka Jamison, of Brooksville; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; brothers, Albert, Joe Lee and Willie C. Hampton, all of Macon; sisters, Emma Halbert, of Macon, Catherine Russel, of Macon, Bettye Foote, Lillie B. Hampton, Mattie Hampton and Janice Hampton, all of Brooksville. Pallbearers are Bobbie Washington, Shawn Sherrod, Markeys Brewer, Clifton Washington, Lazavean Washington, Titus Brewer and Dexter Washington.