Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Mae Washington, 82, of Vidalia, LA will be held Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 11:00am from the St. Stephens Baptist Church in Vidalia. Burial will follow at the Vidalia Cemetery with Rev. Leon Dixon officiating. Visitation will be held Friday evening from 4 to 6pm at Concordia Funeral Home of Ferriday, LA.

Mrs. Washington, daughter of Grant and Annie Williams Simmons was born in Natchez, MS and died at the Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, LA. She was a customer greeter for the Vidalia Walmart store. She was also a member of the St. Stephens Church and served on the Mother's Board.

She is survived by four daughters, Debbie Simmons and her husband, Michael Wiley; Sharon Long; Faye Taylor and her husband, Joseph; Beverly Samuel all of Vidalia; twelve grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Washington is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Emile Washington; one son, Michelle Williams; one brother, Renard Simmons and two sisters, Frankie Myles and Adeline Emery.