Viola Phillips Claiborne, 91, of Coleman, died Tuesday, February 23, 2021 in Wichita Falls.
Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel. Following the funeral service there will be a short graveside service and burial at the Coleman City Cemetery. The funeral service will be live streamed and available to view for up to 90 days. Go to www.livingmemorials.com and select the obituary page for Viola. The live stream will be located at the bottom of her obituary page.
Face coverings are mandatory to attend the funeral service. Services are entrusted to Stevens Funeral Home.
She was born Viola Pearl Phillips on September 16, 1929 in Cross Plains to William Henry Phillips and Lena Mae Woods Phillips. She grew up around Cross Plains and graduated from Cross Plains High School at the age of 16. She then went to telegraph school in Springfield, Missouri and worked for Western Union on the railroad in different parts of Texas