Ms. Vina Louise Showers

In order to watch the service being livestreamed go to Google or Face Book and search for the Memorial Service by typing in Faith, Hope and Love Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. In lieu of flowers please use this link to get to the the donation page. https://secure.givelively.org/donate/casa-of-oklahoma-county-inc/in-loving-memory-of-vina-showers To donate by text, text “vina” to 44-321 to open the donation page. In lieu of flowers the family wishes to have donations made to the Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Ms. Vina Louise Showers was born in abject poverty to Roosevelt (RV) Showers Sr. and Jackie Ann Rogers, who were sharecroppers. She was born on October 21, 1935 in Bassfield, MS. She graduated from Eureka High School. She then attended Jackson State University for a year until she got married. In 1959, she moved to Oklahoma City where she began her career as a federal employee while raising 3 children, mostly as a divorced single mother. She simultaneously continued her education earning a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from the University of Oklahoma and a Juris Doctorate from Oklahoma City University. She was extremely diligent, rising from a GS-3 to become the first African American woman in the Senior Executive Service at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Donating her time and money, she supported several important causes and organizations, to include Federally Employed Women (FEW), rape victims, the Oklahoma County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Carpenter Square Theater and KGOU (one of our local NPR stations). She is predeceased by her youngest daughter, Oni Faida (Vera Anne) Lampley (Tommy Abney), her parents, and two sisters, Rosetta Showers Harrison (Otto Harrison) and Yvonne Yvette Showers. She is survived by her daughter, Vicki Lampley-Dallas (Raymond); son, Michael Lampley; stepson, Theodore Haynes Jr. (Dorothy); Brothers, Roosevelt Showers, Jr., and Marvin Showers; Grandchildren, Kise Lusk, Oluwadamilola Abney, Adebayo Abney, Nicole Bandoh (Ben) and Afrika Abney; and Great-granchildren, Rhythm Lusk, Alycea Gale and Brenton, Brighton and Iris Bandoh; a host of nieces and nephews; relatives; “adopted” sisters, daughters and sons; and a myriad of friends, mentees and admirers.

Ms. Vina Louise Showers

October 21, 1935 - June 12, 2023

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October 21, 1935 - June 12, 2023

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