Henrietta Cleo Washington

Published 4:26 pm Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Henrietta Cleo Washington, age 100, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away Friday, July 29, 2022.

The Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Elder Rickey Jones and Prophetess Shorrie Jones officiating.

Due to the ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, those attending are asked to maintain the recommended safe social distance of six feet and/or wear protective masks in accordance with the State of Georgia guidelines. The family requests that anyone in attendance please wear a mask.

Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.

Cleo was born February 9, 1922, in Colquitt, Georgia, the daughter of Milas Callaway and Pearl Lena Harris King. She confessed Christ at an early age and served faithfully.

Survivors include her children, Fannie Hall, Elna Gissentanner, Cheena Bunch (Shawn), Rickey Jones (Shorrie); grandchildren, Twynette Gordan, Garrett Fountain, Patrick Bell, Christopher Hodge, Nancy Hall, Paige Hall, Curtis Jones, Rickey Jones, Jr., Shorricka Jones, Cedrick Jones, Jabez Jones, Javon Bunch, Jaylan Bunch, and Jada Bunch. She is also survived by her sister’s (Lucy) kids that she raised: David Washington, Lamar Washington (Freda), Andrew Washington, Janice Thompson, and a host of great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews, cousins, and family friends.

Cleo was preceded in death by her husband, S. J. Washington; her parents; her son, Johnny Brown; her brothers Leroy Ford, Collie Callaway, Jerry King, and sister Lucy Washington; her sister’s kids, Christine McNair, Johnny Washington, Jerry Washington, and one granddaughter, Jill Vaughn.