Obituary of Jerry Howard

Services for Jerry Lee Howard, 67, Arp, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Thursday, May 10, at the Cottle Funeral Home chapel, Troup, with Don Crawford and Johnny Anders officiating. Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery, Arp. Mr. Howard died Tuesday, May 8, 2007 in a Tyler hospice. He was born April 25, 1940 in Smith County to the late James Walter and Annie Ruth Usry Howard. He was a graduate of Arp High School. He retired from ARCO Pipeline after 22 years of service. He was an active member of West Erwin Church of Christ, Tyler. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Gale Howard and Weldon Howard, and by his mother-in-law, Evelyn Lowry. He married Becky Lowry September 23, 1958. He is survived by his wife of 48 years Becky Lowry Howard, Arp; two sons and daughters-in-law, Keith and Renae Howard and Jeff and Nancy Howard, all of Arp; two grandsons, Trenton Howard and Jared Howard, both of Arp; a granddaughter, Kalyn Howard, Arp; a brother and sister-in-law, Billy M. and Charlotte Howard, Overton; his father-in-law, Vaughn Lowry, Arp; and a brother -in-law and sister-in-law, Terry and Pam Lowry, Arp. Pallbearers will be Mike Murphy, Phil Marts, Jim Carty, Lonnie Howard, Terry Lowry, and Josh Lowry. Honorary Pallbearers will be Bill Wilmeth, Trenton Howard, and Jared Howard. The Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm, Wednesday, May 9. Memorials may be made to Medina Children's Home, 21300 State Highway 16 North, Medina, TX 78055-3808 or to the Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd, Tyler, TX 75701.