Memorial service for Mrs. Minnie Miriam Westbrook Kyle of Peoria, IL will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Zion Baptist Church, 323 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Peoria, Illinois. Graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, December 28, 2020, at Valhalla Memorial Gardens. She transitioned to her heavenly home at 12:46 am on Monday, December 21, 2020 at her residence surrounded by her family. Born to Horace Greeley and Viola Ellison Westbrook in Elgin, Texas, Minnie Miriam Westbrook Kyle was the last survivor of ten children. Nicknamed “Baby Sis,” she grew up on a “truck farm” and saved the money she earned picking cotton to partially pay for her higher education. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Prairie View A&M University and the Master of Arts degree from the University of Alabama, prior to pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Houston.