Rosie Mae (Taylor) Washington - Submitted by Richard P. Sevier February 16, 2017

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Rosie Mae (Taylor) Washington - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Alton, IL Telegraph February 15, 2017

ALTON — Rosie Mae (Taylor) Washington, 69, passed away on February 12, 2017 at her home in 
Alton, Illinois. She was born September 28, 1947, in Tallulah, Louisiana, to Rosie L. and 
Ike Saulsberry.

She was an artistic woman who loved to cook, sew and paint. She was a Christian woman who enjoyed 
working in the church. She was a former member of Greater St. James Missionary Baptist Church where 
she began a quilting ministry. She was the visionary behind the prayer garden and was an usher,
 head trustee, and a member of the kitchen committee. She continued her Christian work at Bread of 
Life Fellowship Church where she was a member at the time of her death.

Those she leaves behind to cherish her memory include her husband of 51 years, James Washington, 
her loving daughters, Shertina Washington, LaWanda Washington of Alton, Yvonna (Vincent) 
Washington-Greer of Kent, Ohio, 11 grandchildren, Waymond (Tahnisha), Brandon, Crystal North, 
Shannon (John) Ammons, Aaron, Heather, and Joey Jackson, Adones, Courtney, Miles Greer, and 
Carl Crumer III; 19 great-grandchildren; special nieces, Bridgette Taylor of Alaska and Lenna Davis 
of Atlanta, Georgia, cousin Gloria (Charles) Mays, uncles, Allen Brown of Delhi, Louisiana, and 
Kaliski (Lillian) Brantley of Godfrey, Illinois, mother-in-law, Katherine Tenner, two brothers-in-law, 
10 sisters-in-law, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Ruth Ella Taylor, and her dear cousin Walter Brown.

Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Bread of Life Fellowship 
Church, with Pastor Gregory E. Denton, eulogist.

Cathy M. Williams & Sons in charge of services.