TITLE:  James Washington

SOURCE: The Beaufort Gazette,   June 11, 2001

SUBMITTED: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, June 2001

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James Washington
James "Soldier" Washington, 93, of Orange Grove community, St. Helena 
Island, widower of Victoria "Daughter" Parker Washington, died Sunday, 
June 10, 2001, in Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Chisholm Galloway Home 
for Funerals is in charge.   (The Beaufort Gazette, June 11, 2001)

James Washington
James "Soldier" Washington, 93, of St. Helena Island died Sunday, 
June 10, 2001, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. A wake service will be 
held from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Orange Grove Baptist Church. The 
funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the church with burial in the 
Orange Grove Baptist Churchyard. Mr. Washington was born April 5, 
1908, on St. Helena Island, a son of James D. Washington and Rosa Lee 
Rivers Washington. He attended the Penn School and joined Orange Grove 
Baptist Church, where he later became a president of the usher board 
and was a member of the Trustees Board. He retired after 37 years of 
civil service as a carpenter. He was preceded in death by his wife, 
Victoria Parker Washington. Survivors include two daughters, Mae Belk 
Johnson and Elouise Singleton, both of St. Helena Island; two sons, 
Harold Washington Sr. of St. Helena Island and James Demus Washington
 of Atlanta; a sister, Marie W. Green of Lady's Island; two brothers, 
Clarence Washington Sr. and Harry Simmons, both of St. Helena Island; 
nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Chisholm Galloway 
Home for Funerals is in charge. (The Beaufort Gazette, June 13, 2001)


James Washington
Deacon James "Soldier" Washington, 93, of St. Helena Island, died 
Sunday, June 10, 2001, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. The funeral 
will be at 1 today at Orange Grove Baptist Church, St. Helena Island. 
Mr. Washington was born April 5, 1908, on St. Helena Island, a son of 
James D. and Rosa Lee Rivers Washington. He attended the Penn School. 
He was a deacon at Orange Grove Baptist Church, where he later became 
a president of the Usher Board and was a member of the Trustees Board. 
He retired after 37 years of civil service as a carpenter. He was 
preceded in death by his wife, Victoria Parker Washington. Survivors 
include two daughters, Mae Belle Johnson and Elouise Singleton, both 
of St. Helena Island; two sons, Deacon Harold Washington Sr. of St. 
Helena Island and James Demus Washington of Atlanta; a sister, Marie 
W. Green of Lady's Island; two brothers, Clarence Washington Sr. and 
Deacon Harry Simmons, both of St. Helena Island; nine grandchildren 
and eight great-grandchildren. Chisholm Galloway Home for Funerals, 
Beaufort, is in charge. (The Beaufort Gazette, June 14, 2001)

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