Deion D e Lmonta Washington was born May 2, 1995 in Lake Ch a rl e s,
Louisiana to Cull e n Cl a yton Washington and Vanessa Sutton Washington . He
accept e d Ch r ist as his personal savior at th e age of 16. On ang e l ' s wings, D e ion
was c all e d to his h e a v enly home on Wedn e sd a y, September 13, 2017.

Deion attend e d HospitaVHom e bound through Calcasieu Parish wh e r e h e
was an e l e v e n grad e student at Washington - Marion High SchooL Du e to h i s
illn e ss, h e was unable to furth e r his education.

Deion, a s e lfl e ss soul, wish e d to grant a life transforming gift throu gh o rg a n
donation. We h o nored his legacy by adh e r ing to his conviction. Du e to t h is act, a
p e rson will b e bl e ss e d with th e gift of s i g ht ; s ee ing life through D e i o n ' s e ye s. He
was a lov i ng, caring, and friendl y p e rson.

D e ion suff e r e d from Dermatom y ositis (DM) which is an u n com m o n
infl a mmatory auto immune syst e m dis e as e marked b y muscl e w e a k n e ss and a
distinctiv e skin rash. Diagnosis is usually by bl o od test and can af f ect a dul ts in
th e ir l a te 40s to early 60s. In children, it most often appears betw e e n 5 and 15
y e ars of a ge. How e v e r, it affected D e ion at th e ag e of 2. When it af f ects y o u th as
it did De i on, it is known as Juvenil e D e rmatom y ositis . DM aff ec ts th e mu s c l e s
th a t ex t e nd th e wrists and fing e rs. A d e c r e as e in th e siz e of th e m us cl e s in th e
for e arm and quadric e ps muscl e s is al s o t y p i caL Muscl e w e akn e ss p ro g r es s e s th e
fastest with DM.

He l e a ve s to ch e rish his m e mori e s his parents, Cull e n and Van e s s a
Washington of L a ke Charl e s, Louisiana; one broth e r, D e smond Washington o f
Lafayette, Louisiana, and one sister, Sh a wndreka Washington of Lake Ch a rl e s,
Louisiana . On e n e ph e w, Tyl e r Washington ; thr e e ni e c e s, Ty ' Jana e B e rtrand,
Jayl a and Jasmin e Russ e lL Grandpar e nts , Harry and Nol a Rob e rts and Willie
and Ell a r e na Washington, all of L a k e Charl e s, Louisiana; an adopted
grandmoth e r, Dr. Nan c y Sh e ph e rd of L a k e Ch a rl e s, Louisi a na ; godmoth e r,
Pastor Graci e Malv e aux of L a k e Ch a rl e s , Louisiana; and a h o st of un c l e s,
aunts, family and fri e nd s .

He was pr e ceded in d e ath by his gr e at grandmoth e r, L e ith a Wa s hington;
grandfath e r, Roy Sutton; great grandmoth e r, Mary Williams; Aunt, Phyllis
Sutton and godfath e r, Joseph Rayburn Malveaux.