Mr. Howard died Saturday morning, May 22, 2010 at his home in Bolivar. He had lived in Bolivar since moving here in September of last year. Prior to that he lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma for 36 years.
He was born in Cherokee, Alabama, the son of the late Raymond Chester and Lena Credille Howard and was a retired truck driver for Hesselbein Tire Company of Tulsa. He was the widower of Sue Jackson Howard who died Feburary 17, 2009.
He leaves three sisters, Ann Walker and Vera Rogers, both of Bolivar, and Mae Brumbelow of Toone; one brother, Johnny Wayne Howard and his wife, Gail, of Hickory Flat, Mississippi; two step-sons, Cody Chezem of Tulsa and Kevin Miller of Adair, Oklahoma; two grandchildren, Marcus Miller of Tulsa and Kalli Miller of Adair.
In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Margaret Faye Morrow; and two brothers, Orin Ray and Jimmy Howard.