Services for Will "Hank" Washington, Jr, 78, of Vidalia, LA, who died Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, at Promise Hospital in Vidalia, will be held at 11:00AM Friday, October 17, 2014 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Sibley, MS with the Rev. Doug Logan officiating.

Burial will follow at the National Cemetery with military honors.

Visitation will be from 10 AM until service time Friday at the church.

Mr. Washington was born Aug.1, 1936, in Sibley, the son of Will and Alice Rounds Washington.

He was a retired custodian for Concordia Parish School Board. He also served in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1959.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, David Holmes; five sisters, Winnie Reynolds, St. Arby Thompson, Naomi Daily, Dinah Ealey and Mary Alice Pettis; brother-in-law, Maurice Williams.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Williams Washington of Vidalia; three sons, Christopher Washington (Blanca) of Dallas, TX; Levander Holmes and John Holmes of Natchez; two daughters, Vera Smoot of Natchez and Grace Rejouis of Vidalia; two brothers, Elijah Washington (Lucinda) of Chicago, IL; Chester Washington (Alice) of Sibley; two sisters, Bertha Green of Natchez and Dorothy Thompson (Joseph) of Sibley; two brothers-in-law, Robert E. Williams (Trudy) of Vidalia; James Thompson of Sibley; two sisters-in-law, Alma D. Williams of Las Vegas and Bernadine Leroy (Leon) of Miami, FL; three grandchildren, Breann Holmes of Ft. Wayne, IN; Kristina and Jessica Washington of Dallas; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.