‘He was a light in the community’

Longtime Welaka Councilman Washington dies at 82

  • Longtime Welaka Councilman Willie Washington stands outside Town Hall in February. Washington died Wednesday.
    Longtime Welaka Councilman Willie Washington stands outside Town Hall in February. Washington died Wednesday.
  • Carol Sumpter, Karen Dorse and Kathy Washington stand Thursday outside a room at Welaka Town Hall named for their father.
    Carol Sumpter, Karen Dorse and Kathy Washington stand Thursday outside a room at Welaka Town Hall named for their father.
WELAKA – Putnam County’s first Black deputy constable, longtime councilman and former Welaka police chief died Wednesday.  Willie Washington Jr., 82, was a Putnam County native and a man who…

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