A celebration of life for Viola Phillips will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, August 31, 2013 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Butler, Missouri under the direction of the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Contributions may be given to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
Viola Quzuburian Phillips, age 68 of Butler, Missouri died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at her home in Butler. She was born March 26, 1945 to Fred and Vivian Ross Smith in Kansas City, Missouri.
Viola is survived by six sons, Aaron Phillips and wife Patsy, Reginald Phillips, Fredrick Phillips, Charles Phillips and wife Belinda, Arthur Phillips and wife Nicole and Marcus Phillips and wife Kia, all of Kansas City, Missouri; two daughters, Vivian Phillips-Lydia of Dallas Texas and Regina Jones and husband William of Kansas City, Missouri; six brothers; two sisters; numerous grandchildren; one great-grandson; and numerous other family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband James Lee Phillips Sr.; one son, James Phillips Jr.; one brother, Fred; one sister, Swanzella; and a great-granddaughter.
