Viola Howard

HOWARD, Mrs Viola . Age 80, passed away Monday, January 11, 2010 at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Oakland. Family hour 10:30a.m. Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, 250 Fisher St., with funeral service commencing immediately at 11AM. Dr. Vernon Jackson, Eulogist Pastor Billy D. Allen, Host Pastor. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery 878 N. Perry St. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30AM. Mrs. Howard will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 N. Perry St., and may be viewed from 2PM-8PM Monday. Mother Viola Howard was born August 24, 1929 in Colquitt County, Doerun, Georgia, the daughter of the late Lonzie and Mary Broner. Viola was a resident of Pontiac, MI. she accepted Christ at an early age. Viola was a member at Lake Street Church of God under the leadership of Pastor Vernon Jackson. She was very active in the church, singing in the church choir, on the Pastor Aide Committee and serving as a Deaconess. Her enjoyment was being around family, cooking, entertaining, and being the perfect hostess. She cared for the seniors and babysat for everyone, that is what brought her joy. Mother Viola Howard leaves to cherish her memory: loving husband, James R. Howard of Pontiac, MI; six children, Thomas (Linda) Broner, Matthew Howard, Jerome Paris, Gary Paris, Barbara Ann Howard, and Betty JoAnn Howard; four sisters, Eloise Wright, Lois Broner of Doerun, GA, Mary Hill of Springfield Mass, Lillie Hill; four brothers, Willie Broner, John (Emma) Broner, Elijah (Bonnita) Broner of Pontiac, MI, and Lonnie (Christine) Broner of Doerun, GA; great-grandchildren, Shannell Randall and Raymir McGill; twenty-three nieces, including special niece, Sharon Pittman; twenty-three nephews; six aunts; three uncles, and other family and friends. Mother Viola Howard was preceded in death by her parents, Lonzie and Mary Broner; four children, Eddie James Howard, James Daniel Howard, Darrel Pittman, and Emma Jean Metoyer; granddaughter, Tawanna Metoyer and sisters, Rosa Lee Butler and Bessie Lawton; brother-in-law, Pastor Damon Hill.

Viola Howard

August 24, 1929 - January 11, 2010