Background
Strait, Viola Edwina Washington was born on August 29, 1925 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Daughter of Leroy Wentworth and Viola Edwina (Wright) Washington.
Strait, Viola Edwina Washington was born on August 29, 1925 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Daughter of Leroy Wentworth and Viola Edwina (Wright) Washington.
Business certified, Tillotson College, 1946. Bachelor, Tillotson College, 1948. Master of Science in Library.
Science, University Southern California, 1954.
Substitute teacher El Paso Public Schools, 1948. Secretary, bookkeeper United Service Organizations-Young Women’s Christian Association, El Paso, 1948-1950. Library assistant Special Services Library., Fort Bliss, Texas, 1950-1953, library, 1954-1971.
Equal employment opportunity officer, 1971-1972. Deputy equal employment opportunity officer Long Beach (California) Naval Shipyard, 1972-1985. With Temporary Job Mart, Torrance, California, 1986-1987.
Substitute teacher Ysleta Indiana School District, 1988-1989. Professional library Eastwood Hts. Elementary School, 1989-1990.
Secretary Shiloh Baptist Church, El Paso, 1991-1992. Branch manager El Paso Public Library., 1992-1996, retired, 1996.
Secretary Sunday school Baptist Church, 1956-1966, 92-96, minister music, 1958-1972, supervisor young adult choir, 1966-1972, president senior choir, 1969-1971. Disc jockey Station KELP, El Paso, 1970-1972. Host radio show Station KTEP, University Texas, El Paso, 1994-2004.
Honorary chairman for annual observance of The National Library Week, City of El Paso, 1970. Member American Library Association, Border Region Library. Association (chairman scholarship committee 1970), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (secretary 1996), Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Married Freeman Adams, March 6, 1943. 1 child, Norma Jean (Mistress Louis Lee James). Married Clifford Moody, January 8, 1950.
1 child, Viola Edwina III (Mistress Paul M. Cunningham). Married Amos O. Strait, December 9, 1972.