In Memory

Patricia Ann Washington (Dixon) - Class Of 1974

Patricia Ann Washingon Dixon of Laurel, MD, passed away on October 18, 2014.

She is survived by Aunts: Margaret Brown (Lloyd) and Myrtle Johnson (Daryl); Uncles: James White (Cynthia and Walter White (Geri). First cousins, Loki Johnson Rodriguez and Steven Johnson; James, Charles, and Matthew White; Jason, Adam, and Whitney White. Great aunts: Chassie Hayes, Mildred Mitchell, and Mary Harris; great uncles: Thomas and Robert Garland. She was predeceased by: her parents, Oscar and Barbara White Washington; her grandparents, James and Myrtle White, and her great-grandparents, Dallas and Chassie Garland.

Pat graduated from AHS in 1974, widely acknowledged to have been one of the best dressed people in the place, and one of its star softball and basketball players. She went on to Morgan State University for a degree in computer engineering. She later pursued a Master's at Georgetown University. Pat spent her entire adult life in the D.C. area, with the exception of a few years in Sunnyvale, California. She worked for IBM for several years. After its restructuring, she moved into the defense contracting industry. Pat battled diabetes and lupus for several years.  Her funeral was held at Zion Hill Church in Cismont, Va., on October 30, 2014.

Submitted by Phylissa Denni Mitchell.