Carl K Washington

CARL KEITH WASHINGTON was born on April 13, 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland to Helen Virginia Logan-Washington of Lynchburg, Virginia and Jerome Woodrow Washington of Baltimore, Maryland. As a young child Carl was quiet, focused and well mannered. He enjoyed going to school and excelled in his academics. He attended Abbottston Elementary, Northern Parkway Junior High and Eastern High School. Carl’s class was one of the frst classes to attend Eastern High once it gained co-educational status. Carl was popular and he did not go unnoticed by all the girls. He attended several proms each year. One year, Carl started a new trend at his school by taking his grandmother to a school dance and they danced the night away. They loved this duo so much that Carl had to keep bringing her to the school dances. She became the “dancing granny” and he was admired even more amongst his classmates. It was at this time in his life, he began to develop his artistic skills. He enjoyed painting, drawing, and sculpting. While in high school, Carl ran track and feld. He was also the school’s commercial artist. He painted his class mascot (the Pink Panther) among several other paintings and drawings. His talent became so obvious to his teachers that they encouraged him to submit his work in local art contest. As a result of his talent, Carl was granted a scholarship to the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Carl worked several different jobs in his career but one of his most rememberable was working beside his dad at Washington Signs Company, his father’s sign shop. Carl pursued other interests as well, including dancing, DJ performances, and creating DJ-mixed tapes (club and house music). He was a regular at night clubs such as Odells, 32nd Street Plaza, Gatsby’s, etc. Carl was so well known that he became a party starter. He loved club music so much that he later named his son Dominic after one of his favorite songs “The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight.” In the early 1990’s, Carl visited Florida and that’s when he decided to move there. If you know Carl, you know he didn’t like cold weather. He set his plans to move to Clearwater, Florida. Life in the sun and near the water. After his visit to Florida, Carl brieﬂy returned to Baltimore and worked hard and saved his funds to return to Florida. Carl continued his DJ performances. He even attended nursing assistance training at Spectrum Health, which he enjoyed. Carl later was employed at the Pinellas County School System as an assistant art teacher and school bus driver. While residing in Florida, Carl met Julie Morgan. He became a father in January 1996 to Dominic Washington. Carl worked hard to raise his son on his own. He provided well for his son and shared many moments with him at NFL Pro-football practice camps, Grand Prix races, baseball and basketball events and attending the county fairs. Carl even joined a single father support group where he enjoyed activities with other single fathers and their children. It was clear that Dominic was his world. Approximately around 2017, Carl felt ill, and he was diagnosed with Early Onset Dementia. He was unable to provide for himself and he returned to Baltimore, where he received care from his sister. Once she was no longer able to provide care for his illness, he received care at Autumn Lake Healthcare Post Acute Care Center. He fought a valiant fight until God called him home. He transitioned peacefully at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Carl was preceded in death by his mother Helen Virginia Washington and his beloved niece Teaira Jackson. He leaves many loving memories to be cherished by: his son, Dominic Washington; his father, Jerome Washington Sr.; his brother, Jerome Washington Jr., and his three sisters, Sonia Washington, Velda Stewart (James Stewart) and Revonda Washington; two nieces, Tiesha Washington (and her children), Candace Smith (and her children); and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends

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Carl K Washington

April 13, 1964 - November 2, 2022