Beatrice Turner Washington

Mrs. Beatrice T. Washington 91, of 912 Berkshire Dr. Smithfield. Was born April 22,1918 to the late Augustus and Nellie Jackson. Our Heavenly Father called her home Monday, August 10, 2009 at Smithfield Manor Nursing Home in Smithfield, North Carolina.
Mrs. Washington attended and was a graduate from Brooker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Virginia. She met and married Leon Turner, Sr. and to this union one child Leon Turner, Jr. was born.
She was a devoted wife and mother until the time of Leon Sr. death. She married Mr. Anderson Washington in 1964 and was married for over thirty years until his death in 1995. Beatrice was a faithful member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church in Norfolk, VA. before moving to North Carolina.
She leaves to cherish her memories; one son Leon Turner, Jr.(Dorothy) of Smithfield, NC, three sisters; Thelma Sanderlin of Queens, New York, Marjorie Bradley of Chesapeake,VA, and Mary Magnum of Washington, DC. Two grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
Funeral was held Saturday, August 15,2009 at 1:00pm at Sanders Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be at a later date at Roosevelt Memorial Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia.