Funeral services for Shirley Washington of Vidalia, LA will be held Friday, March 31, 2023 at 11:30am from Young's Chapel Baptist Church in Vidalia. She will be buried beside her husband, Will Washington, Jr. at the Natchez National Cemetery in Natchez under the directions of Concordia Funeral Home of Ferriday, LA. Visitation will be held Thursday evening from 4 to 6pm at the funeral home. Pastor Jarrod Bottley will officiate.

Mrs. Washington, daughter of Wilson and Alma Edwards Williams, was born in Vidalia and died at Adams County Nursing Home in Natchez. She was a member of Young's Chapel Church. She retired  after thirty-two years of service from the Concordia Parish School System as a Food Service Manager at Vidalia Junior High School.

She is survived by one daughter, Grace Woods (Charles) of Natchez; one son, Christopher Washington (Blanca) of Dallas, TX; one sister, Alma D. Wiliams of Las Vegas, NV; a special cousin, Bobbie Nell Kennedy of Vidalia; three grandchildren, BreAnn Dowell of Ft. Wayne, IN; Kristina Washington of Dallas; Jessica Washington of Chicago, IL. And a number of nieces, nephews, and cousins. Also her former co-workers and students she served at Vidalia Junior High School.

Preceding in death at her husband, her parents, three siblings, Robert Willilams, Maurice Williams and Bernadine Leroy.