Bereavement and Homegoing

Of Lanham, MD earned her spiritual wings on Sunday, March 3, 2024. She was 58 years old. Born to the late Hilda Mae Wright Mattison and Raymond Watson, Lydia was the oldest of two children. She worked for the Metropolitan Police Department for 26 years. Family was everything to Lydia and after the untimely death of her grandson she created the Jamir K. Shipe Foundation. Lydia is survived by one sister, Linda Powell (m. Bruce); her three loving children, Isaac Raymond Watson (m. Jemma), Alaura Elizabeth Watson, and Jamaal Wayne Polk. She was a loving grandmother to Trinity, Kyra, Rocari, Sanai,Tauqeer, Laela, Madison, ZaLaeyah, Shii, Shiloh, Samir, Bryson, and Isaiah. A public viewing and service will be held on Friday, March 15, 2024, at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Largo, MD. Lydia will be laid to rest at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Bladensburg, MD.

Greetings Metropolitan Family,

Let us continue to keep Alaura and Isaac Watson and Jamaal Polk and Family lifted in your prayers as they prepare for the Homegoing of their mother, Officer Lydia Watson-Polk, a very faithful member of the Metropolitan Family, and the Metropolitan Security Team.

Final Arrangements for Officer Lydia Watson-Polk:

Friday, March 15, 2024
Metropolitan Baptist Church
1200 Mercantile Lane
Largo, MD 20774

Wake: 9:00 a.m.
Homegoing Service: 10:00 a.m.

Interment: 12:00 Noon
Ft. Lincoln Cemetery
3401 Bladensburg Rd.
Brentwood, MD 20722
(301) 864-5090

Services entrusted to the care of:
Johnson and Jenkins Funeral Home
716 Kennedy Street NW
Washington, DC 20011
(202) 882-8800