Obituary of Howard Edward Rambo

Services with Military Honors for Howard Edward Rambo, 88, Overton, will be at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, April 29, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Johnny Wright officiating. Mr. Rambo died Saturday, April 26, 2014 in Overton. He was born December 3, 1925 in Haskell, Oklahoma to the late Sheridan Douglas and Fannie Blanche McNew Rambo. He Lived most all his life in Overton and graduated from Overton High School. He attended Kilgore College and SMU and is a veteran of WWII and served in the US Navy and spent 20 months of sea duty in the Asiatic-Pacific area as a radio man. He worked for Exxon for 18 years and married Raye Jean Raney, May 23, 1968 in Rusk County and he was a self employed TV repairman. Besides his parents, he was also preceded in death by a son, Douglas Sheridan Rambo. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Jean Rambo, Overton; a son, Howard Edward Rambo, Jr., Overton; two daughters, Rikki Ann Cowan, Houston and Bridget Rambo, Overton; and several grandchildren.