Vivian Ann Burrell

Visitation will be observed on Saturday September 22, 2018 at the Greater New Hope Baptist Church 104 10th Street, Baldwin, LA 70514 from 9:00 AM until funeral services at 11:00 AM. The Supt. Donald Lanceslin will officiate the services. Burial will follow funeral service in the Greater New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery.  

Vivian Ann Ceaser Burrell, one of four children born to the late Stafford Ceaser and Irma Christine Lockley Ceaser, was born on May 5, 1948 in Ashton, Louisiana. Growing up and being nurtured in a Christian home, Vivian was baptized at an early age and accepted Christ by the late Reverend Curley Batiste. On April 14, 1968, Vivian united in holy matrimony to James Burrell and to this union two children were born, James Anthony Burrell and Christina Ann Burrell.

Professionally, Vivian was employed by the St. Mary Parish School System and retired in 2014 after working for 47 years as a Financial Secretary. She worked at Willow Street and Park Avenue in Franklin, LA, G. W. Hamilton and her final school was West St. Mary High School in Baldwin, LA. She was a hard-worker and very dedicated to her job.

Spiritually, Vivian was a member of the Greater New Hope Baptist Church in Baldwin, and served in many capacities. Her favorite scripture was Psalms 23. 

On Sunday September 16, 2018 at 7:08 PM at the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette, LA our beloved wife, loving mother, caring grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, Vivian Burrell departed this life for a better home in glory. A human spirit has taken its flight at the call of the foundation of the world, by an all – wise and loving God who cares for each of us all.

Memories of Vivian will forever remain in the hearts of her loving husband of fifty years, James Burrell of Baldwin, LA; her son, James Anthony (Ramona Ike) Burrell of Dallas, TX; her daughter, Christina Ann (Mack Willis, III) Burrell of Lafayette, LA; three grandchildren, James A. Burrell, Jr., Shayla J. Randle, and Mason J. Willis; one brother, Stafford (Wanda) Ceaser Sr. of Ashton, LA; two sisters, Gloria (Curtis) Washington of Baldwin, LA and Blanche C. Carline of Ashton, LA; seven brothers-in-laws, three sisters-in-laws, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. A devoted niece Patrice Washington Hawkins.

Vivian was preceded in death by her parents, Stafford Ceaser and Irma Christine Lockley Ceaser.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;  does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8