John Thomas Washington

John Thomas Washington, 49, passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, May 6, 2025 at St Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. John was born on September 17, 1975 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Joe Washington Jr. and Mary Ann (Cramp) Washington. John attended Muskogee and Oktaha Public Schools. He was literate in resolving issues with technical devices even though he had no technology training. He was often asked by family and other relatives to clean up issues on their laptops, computers and cell phones. He was always glad to assist others in doing this for them. John was employed as a maintenance worker at Muscogee Creek Nation Casino, Cherokee Nation Health Services Center, Three Rivers Cherokee Nation Health Services and Muskogee Walmart until a disability confined him to a wheelchair. He made friends with several employees, and they would inquire as to how he was doing. When he did visit these facilities, they would engage him in friendly conversation. John had a variety of interests, one of which was listening to music. He liked rock and roll and heavy metal music. Being of Native American and Irish descent, he would listen to Muscogee Creek songs, Irish singers and enjoyed the bagpipes being played. He liked watching local and national news to keep up with what was happening across the nation and what was happening with the Indian tribes in Oklahoma. John was an avid OU sports fan following the OU Sooners Football Team and the OU Women’s Softball Team. He played football in the Paul Young Football league for 3 years and was known to his teammates as “Big John”. John was a family-oriented person who loved to meet with his family and friends at the church for birthday parties, anniversaries and family reunions. He loved spending time at home with his family, picking on his sisters as brothers do, and spending time with his nephew, Hayden J. Washington. John was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Ann (Cramp) Washington; sister, Mandy Jo Washington; cousins, Jammie Lynn Beth Hobbs and Hunter Smith; maternal grandparents, Helen Juanita Kelly Cramp and Robert F Cramp; paternal grandparents, Wilma Rowena Wolf Washington and Joe Washington Sr.; aunts, Sandra L. Carey, Janet S Washington and Leslie A. Deere. He is survived by his father, Joe Washington Jr.; sisters Katie L. Washington and Laura L Washington; nephew, Hayden J. Washington all of the home; aunts, Genell Perez of Florida Jo Lynn Washington Smith of Enid, OK and Sue Cramp from Angola, IN; uncle, Robert C. Cramp Angola, IN; cousins, Birdie Deann Washington Pingleton, William Joe Washington, Tasha Byrd, Candise Noon, Dennis Dobson Jr. and wife Melissa, Lea Ann Malchaski, Maggie Fulton and husband Bill, Jay Smith, Tim Smith, Jill Tietz and husband Jonathan, Tisha S Gable, Helen Ann Blunt and Phillip Kelly. John was baptized as an adolescent at Vann Lake Baptist Church, but later in his life he converted to the Catholic faith. John will be greeted in heaven by his mother, sister, cousins, aunts and grandparents. God bless you son until we meet again you will be missed. A celebration of John’s life will be 2PM, Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at Cornerstone Funeral Home with Pastor Norman Daniel officiating.

John Thomas Washington

September 17, 1975 - May 6, 2025