Mrs. Viola Lovelace Sutton
Viola (Wop) Lovelace Sutton was the fifth of seven children born to Mr. James (Jim) and Katie Bell Mullins Lovelace on March 8, 1932 in her beloved Shady Grove community. Viola passed away peacefully with family in Lithonia, Georgia on December 25, 2022.
During this period, please continue to pray for the immediate family. They are her daughters, Belinda Sutton (Eugene, Sr.) Brooks of Bessemer, AL, Desiree Sutton (Correggio, Sr.) Peagler of Lithonia, GA, and daughter-in-law, Sharon Barnes Sutton of Stone Mountain, GA; granddaughters, Jamie Brooks (Justin) Robinson of Wetumpka, Alabama, Bria (Eian) Landis of Stone Mountain, GA, Katie Peagler of Atlanta, GA, Kristen Peagler of Seattle, WA, Jamila Brooks of Huntsville, AL; grandsons, Michael (Marica) Sutton Jr. of Atlanta, GA, Brian (Danielle) Sutton of Decatur, GA, Eugene “Jamal” Brooks, Jr. of Bessemer, AL, Correggio Peagler, Jr. of Washington, DC; great-granddaughters, Makayla Sutton and Brooklyn Sutton of Atlanta, GA, Janai Sutton of Decatur, GA, Jamiya Robinson and Jameia Robinson of Wetumpka, AL; great-grandsons, Samauri Sutton of Atlanta, GA, Jaylen Sutton of Snellville, GA, Jamari Robinson of Wetumpka, AL, Santana Sutton and Zyaire Sutton of Atlanta, GA; sisters-in-law, Gloria Lovelace of Mobile, AL, Lois Lovelace of Pensacola, FL, Edna Young of Mobile, AL, Willie Lee Freeman of Fort Walton, FL, Margaret Sutton of Hendersonville, NC; brothers-in-law, Eugene Freeman of Fort Walton, FL, Manford Miller of Slidell, LA, Manford Sutton of Brewton, AL, and Samuel Sutton of Hendersonville, NC; and a host of nieces, nephews, friends, and former students. In addition to her parents, Viola’s siblings, David James Lovelace, Sr., Leroy Lovelace, John D. Lovelace, Daisy Lovelace Willis, Melvin Lovelace, Sr., and Eugene Lovelace, all preceded her in death.
The Sutton, Brooks, and Peagler families are appreciative of the love and support shown over the years to our family. Your prayers, calls, words, of comfort and support over the years have sustained us through this difficult period of time and on happier occasions throughout the years. We would like to especially acknowledge and thank Janet Ingraham and Juanita McCreary Cox for their assistance over the years. May God richly bless each of you and your families. – The Families
Presley-Fluker
I am so sorry that I did not know when Mrs. Sutton passed, or I would have been at her funeral. She was a special lady and a wonderful friend. She is missed, but I know Michael and James were glad to see her.