JOSEPH CHARLES WASHINGTON WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON, DC ON SEPTEMBER 10,1950, TO THE LATE NORMAN AND MARY T. WASHINGTON. JOSEPH ATTENDED WASHINGTON, DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEN JOINED THE US MARINES ON JUNE 20, 1968. HE SERVED IN VIETNAM AND WAS AWARDED A PURPLE HEART FOR COMBAT IN ACTION. UPON HIS RETURN, JOSEPH WORKED AS AN ENGINEER AT THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD AND THE PENTAGON IN ARLINGTON, VA UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 2004. HE LOVED MAKING CD'S AND DVD'S FOR THE FAMILY AND PLAYING PINOCHLE WITH HIS BIG BORTHER'S.

JOSEPH MARRIED ELIZABETH KING IN 1972. FROM THIS UNOIN CAME HIS SONS JOSEPH , JR. AND DAVID "BOOTY" WASHINGTON, WHO CARED FOR HIM UNTIL HIS PASSING ON AUGUST 22, 2023 IN AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA.

JOSEPH BETTER KNOWN AS 'FACE' , 'JOE JOE' OR 'UNCLE JOE' LOVED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. HE ENJOYED GEORGETOWN SCHOOL REUNIONS, WHERE HE SHOWED HIS GRILL MASTER SKILLS, MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF ALL HIS FRIENDS WHO ENJOYED ALL THE GOOD FOOD HE PREPARED EVERY YEAR. HE AND MARY T. WERE BIG REDSKIN FANS, HE EVEN GOT TO TAKE HER TO A GAME AT FEDEX FIELD SHORTLY BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2001. YOU KNOW HE'D BE GLUED TO THE TV ALL DURING FOOTBALL SEASON. JOE LOOKED OUT FOR HIS NEPHEWS, AND HAD A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH MANY OF THEM.

JOSEPH IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, NORMAN AND MARY T. WASHINGTON; HIS BROTHERS , MICHAEL, PAUL, AND BERNARD WASHINGTON; AND HIS SISTERS, JEAN HALE, JEANNETTE ASARE AND MARION PINKNEY.

JOSEPH LEAVES BEHIND HIS LOVING CHILDREN JOSEPH JR. AND DAVID WASHINGTON, AND BROTHER. THOMAS A. WASHINGTON (NEWVELVET); SISTERS, FRANCES LAJUAN CYRUS AND MONICA POGUE; AND DR. CATRICE R. VANDROSS 9DAUGHTER); HIS PARTNER, ALICE M. ELLIS "MISSY"; GRANDCHILDREN, CAIRO, CAMERON, CIARA (BRANDON SR.); GREAT GRANDCHILD, BRANDON 'DUECE'; AND A HOST OF OTHER NIECES, NEPHEWS, RELATIVES, AND FRIENDS.