Amos Washington

Amos D. Washington VIRGINIA BEACH - Amos Darvin Washington was born Feb. 8, 1948 to the late Bertha and Anderson Washington. Amos was the youngest of five siblings raised in Norfolk. He was educated in the Norfolk Public School system, later joining the United States Marine Corps where he served two tours of duty in Vietnam and in later years the military police. After the military, he attended Norfolk State University majoring in electronics. He continued his education by attending Tidewater Community college majoring in business management and also Mansfield Business College and majored in business administration. Amos also attended Ohio State University and received a minor degree in medicine with a 4.0 GPA. Amos worked many years as an undercover narcotic agent for the Department of Defense and the Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms department. He is survived by his wife, Gaylen Washington; stepson, Dion Murphy; daughters, Michelle Brown and Richelle Brown; also sisters, Florence Steven of Norfolk, Betty Dixon of Ohio; six grandchildren, 11 nieces, and 12 nephews. Remembering his late brother, Charles Washington. Services will be held Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 11 a.m. in the R.W. Baker & Company Funeral Home & Crematory, Suffolk, by the Rev. Joseph Fleming. Visitation will be held one hour to the service. Burial will take place in the Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery. Condolences may be registered at www.rwbakerfh.com.