Louise Virginia Washington, 82

LAUREL - Louise Virginia Washington of Laurel passed away Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md. She was 82.

She was born May 17, 1925, in Sharptown, Md., daughter of the late Samuel and Helen (Hall) Winder.

Mrs. Washington was preceded in death by her husband, John W. "George" Washington, on Feb. 13, 1981.

She was a domestic worker in private homes and was responsible for raising a host of children.

She was a faithful member to the Greater Life Church of Deliverance and Restoration, formerly known as Trinity Holiness Church of Christ Disciples, where she was "Mother," Sunday school teacher and treasurer.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, William Hall; and a sister, Gladys Berry.

Mrs. Washington is survived by four sisters, Doris Haygood and Ernestine Robinson, both of Chester, Pa., Viola Vincent of Laurel and Ardella Newton of Salisbury, Md.; a special niece who was her caregiver, Olivia Hall of Laurel; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday in the Greater Life Church of Deliverance and Restoration, Laurel, with the Rev. Teresa Banks officiating.

Friends may call at the church from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Interment will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Laurel.

Arrangements by Framptom Funeral Home, Federalsburg, Md.