I bought this funeral program from a resale shop in Hammond, Indiana. Based on everything that was with it, these were belongings of someone who lived on the south side of Chicago. I am not at all related. If you are, and you want the program, send me a message.


Viola Priest was born in Wilmont, Mississippi on September 28, 1907. She was the daughter of Nathaniel and Queen Burkley.

She became a Christian at an early age and worked diligently in the St. Peter Baptist Church in Leland, Mississippi.

She moved to Chicago in November of 1966, after the death of her husband.

She was a member of the Maryland Avenue Baptist Church of Chicago and later Antioch Baptist Church of Chicago.

She departed this life on Tuesday, January 21, 1986.

Viola is survived by: a daughter, Dorothy Priest Stevens, two granddaughters, Beverly Renee Stevens and Holicia Rhea Stevens and many nieces and nephews.

Information from Funeral Program by The Williams Chapel in Chicago.