"All things work together for good, for those who love God..." Romans 8:28
Beulah Jefferies Washington is a native of Gaffney, SC. She is the daughter of James and Fannie Dover Jefferies, and the third child of four children. She received her education from Granard Elementary and High School in Gaffney, Barber Scotia College in Concord North Carolina and The College of Charleston where she received her certification in Reading.
She is a member of Edisto Presbyterian Church USA, Edisto Island, SC, where she has served as an Elder, Deacon, Moderator of Presbyterian Women, Church School Teacher the choir, church organist and many committees. She has served on Committees in the Presbytery and Presbyterian Women. She serves on the committee of Trustees for Charleston Atlantic Presbytery; and served many years as a Cluster Leader for Presbyterian Women.
She received a diploma from the South Carolina Lay School of Theology from the Presbyterian Church, USA.
She is married to The Reverend Doctor McKinley Washington, Jr., an Honorably Retired Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church USA, and a former South Carolina Representative and Senator. They are the parents of a daughter, Katrina Knight, and a son, Michael Washington; and they have five grandchildren.
She enjoys traveling, planting herbs and reading.
She always told her children, grands, students and all other children, "You can do anything you want to do, you can go anyplace you want to go and you can become anyone you want to be. It’s your choice."
