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Additional HOWARD Surnames in WOODLAWN MEMORIAL Cemetery
HOWARD, AlbertHOWARD, Madge PearlHOWARD, Anthony QuinnHOWARD, James Gordon "Jim"HOWARD, Bertha LucindaHOWARD, Wilberton E "Gene"HOWARD, Blonda EttaHOWARD, Jackie Easton "Jack"HOWARD, John EarlHOWARD, Lovie MariahHOWARD, Lynn AHOWARD, Richard MHOWARD, Mae MHOWARD, McKinley MeadowsHOWARD, Mary RuthHOWARD, Monte DaleHOWARD, Ruby Fay ReddingGILBERT HOWARD, Ruby Fay ReddingHOWARD, Sandra Kay Additional HOWARD Surnames in SEBASTIAN County
HOWARD, M EHOWARD, Freda LeolaHOWARD, Reba OwietaHOWARD, Emma RHOWARD, Lorene IrhuHOWARD, WadeHOWARD, Sarah ElizabethHOWARD, Mary EHOWARD, Joseph FHOWARD, Fern MHOWARD, Ollis MHOWARD, George WashingtonHOWARD, Infant SonHOWARD, ElizabethHOWARD, MaggieHOWARD, Essie MarieHOWARD, HollyHOWARD, James RHOWARD, Rose BHOWARD, Zetty AnnHOWARD, Jerry DHOWARD, GladysHOWARD, Amanda EHOWARD, William WHOWARD, Cicely Lois ReneeHOWARD, Stratton AHOWARD, MattieHOWARD, Tom M.HOWARD, EthelHOWARD, F. KirbyHOWARD, HelenHOWARD, LeoHOWARD, Thelma MHOWARD, Katie LHOWARD, Louis BHOWARD, Raymond DHOWARD, HenryHOWARD, AsenatheHOWARD, Glen DHOWARD, Jimmy DHOWARD, Freeman HHOWARD, AliceHOWARD, Charlie LHOWARD, RichardHOWARD, Billy LHOWARD, Frances JHOWARD, Allen WHOWARD, Ella BHOWARD, David JamesHOWARD, Sandra KayHOWARD, Rosa LeeHOWARD, Roger MHOWARD, OpalHOWARD, Laura LHOWARD, Hadlee GraceHOWARD, Idell MHOWARD, Edward StanleyHOWARD, Ode CharlesHOWARD, Bertha AdelaideHOWARD, OdellHOWARD, Keith Lee
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Submitted: 1/9/25 • Approved: 1/11/25 • Last Updated: 1/14/25 • R1551832-G1551832-S3
January 2, 1930 - February 11, 2018
Ruby Faye Howard, 88, of Fort Smith, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2018, in Fort Smith.
Ruby was born January 2, 1930 to the late Laban Cleo Gilbert and Beulah Mae (Grubbs) Gilbert.
Ruby was born at the foot of Potato Hill near Charleston, AR. She has told us many stories of her growing up there and about her large family (four girls and five boys) and how they played games around and up it.
When she was nine years of age her family moved to Fort Smith. Ruby started to school at Darby Junior High and when she was fifteen she graduated from Fort Smith Senior High. She applied for a job and was immediately hired by Crouch Equipment Company on Grand Avenue. The company moved to Midland Blvd., now known as Carco International Inc. She worked for this company of 55 1/2 years. She was a member of Rye Hill Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers Jesse, Ralph, Lloyd, Ernest and Jimmy and two sisters Ruth and Florence.
Funeral service will be 10:00 AM Friday at Rye Hill Baptist Church with burial to follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery both under the direction of Edwards Funeral Home.
She is survived by her husband Donald "Don" Howard, two stepsons Steve and his wife Michelle of Pocola and Les and his wife April of Pocola, sister Maisie Little and her husband Bill of Fort Smith, eight grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and many special nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Josh Seabolt, Dalton Edwards, Eric Shamp, Jonathan Chastain, Ethen Hill and Don Shamp.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
Contributed on 1/9/25 by Billsully060
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