Viola Carroll Tolbert

Tolbert, Viola Carroll, of Richmond was born July 28, 1931. God saw her getting tired and called her to a better place on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents Deacon Reginald Carroll, Sr. and Dorothy H. Carroll, brother Alfonso Carroll, and husband Deacon Walter Tolbert, Jr. She was a retired Head Start Teacher in the Richmond Public Schools and a Deaconess Emeritus of the First Baptist Church South Richmond. She is survived by three siblings, Reginald Carroll, Jr., Deacon Emeritus Evangeline Carroll Brooks and Ruthgenia Carroll Hill, stepdaughter Deborah Kearney (Russell), granddaughter and great granddaughter, nieces and nephews, great nieces and great nephews, and a host of relatives and friends.

A viewing will be Sunday, October 3, 2021 at Mimms Funeral Home from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Funeral services Monday, October 4, 2021, 11:00 am at Mimms Funeral Home with viewing online. Internment Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. Dr. Dwight C. Jones, Officiating. Face masks required at both events.