TITLE:  Gerlean Washington

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 27, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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WASHINGTON, Gerlean
Gerlean Hemingway Washington, age 72, of the Sandridge community, 
Conway, died Friday (June 22) morning at the Conway Hospital. She was 
the daughter of the late William and Ella Hemingway. She was a graduate
of Whittenmore High School and matriculated to the Medical College 
Nursing School (Medical University of South Carolina), where she was 
in the first black graduating class. She was a nurse a Roper in 
Pediatrics for over 34 years. She was married to the late Ashley Lee 
Washington. Survivors include, two sons, Robert Edward Washington 
(Lillian), Ashley Leondro Washington; three daughters, Zandra V. 
Washington, Earlean A. Washington, Tredssa C. Washington, ten 
grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren, one sister, Earlease Hemingway, 
one brother, Jessie Hemingway (Maxine), four sisters-in-law. Funeral 
services will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday, from the Hemingway Chapel 
AME Church - Conway. Burial will follow in the Sunset Memorial Gardens,
Charleston. Mrs. Washington's friends may call at MCKIEVER FUNERAL 
HOME, INC., of Conway, from 4 p.m., Tuesday, until the hour of 
services. The family will receive friends at the funeral home, Tuesday 
night, from 7 to 8 p.m.  (The Post and Courier June 27, 2001)
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