Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Sunny Hill, Louisiana

Among Patsy Zanders Johnson collection of African American funeral programs, there were some church programs. One of the programs were the 3rd Annual Usher Anniversary dated December 9, 1973.  Dr. Willard Vernon was the pastor of the church in Sunny Hill, La. 

Sunny Hill is a small community in Washington Parish. On the back of the programs was the name of Usher Roll.  The following names were listed: James Brumfield, Mable Brumfield, Ardeane Brumfield, Vernie Brumfield, Marie Brumfield, Dock Butler, Arthur Barnes, Darllie D. Barnes, Edward E. Brumfield, George Brumfield, Minnie Dunn, Wallace Clark, Johanna James, Oscar James, Romance James, Kathy Henry, Mercy D. Williams, Lola Ramsey, Verse Vernon, Juanita Ricks, Pauline Williams, Millie Tate, Inez Silby, T.C. Wilson, Ellis Watson, Mae Dell Lewis, Jessie Crawford. 

Source; Patsy Zanders Johnson Collection

Oliver and Helen Williams Wheeler

Oliver and Helen Williams Wheeler

 

Oliver and married on June 15, 1947 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.  Oliver was born  in 1922  to John and Leatha Washington Wheeler. He died in 2012 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.  His siblings were: Fred, Johnie,  Lucille, Cora, Theodore, Henry, Doretha and Jospeh Wheeler.  Oliver worked as a farm hand on general farms. He enlisted in the military in 1943.

 

Helen was born in 1928 to Charley and Doretha Ricks Williams.  She died on December 27, 1993, and she is buried in Big Zion Cemetery in Roseland, Louisiana.  Her siblings were listed as: Percy, Leo, Curtis, Robert, Joseph, Vernell, and Roy Williams.