Obituary of Judge George Houston Howard, Elmore, Alabama

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                        THE WETUMPKA HERALD
                 Wetumpka, Elmore County, Alabama
                            March 18, 1971
                               DEATHS
                               Howard
     George Houston Howard, 91, a resident of Wetumpka, died in a local 
nursing home Wednesday, March 10, after an extended illness.  Services were 
at 3 p.m. from the First Baptist Church of Wetumpka with the Rev. Jackson 
R. Robertson officiating.  Burial in Wetumpka City Cemetery with Campbell 
Funeral Home directing.
     Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sara M. Howard, Wetumpka; one son, 
George P. Howard, Wetumpka; one brother, Max S. Howard, Holtville; and 
three grandsons, George Houston Howard, II, Keith Arnold Howard, and Hal 
Ray Howard, all of Wetumpka.
     Active pallbearers were B. J. Moody, Clyde Smith, W. A. Levins, Henry J. 
Dunlap, Felix Macon, and Watt Jones.

                  [Picture of Deceased Above Article]

                 SERVICES HELD THURSDAY FOR JUDGE HOWARD
     Judge G. H. Howard, died Wednesday, March 10, after an extended 
illness.
     He was born October 31, 1879 one of eleven children of Mary Susan 
Smart and John Wilson Howard of Elmore County.
     Judge Howard held public office for 44 consecutive years, longer than any 
one man in the state of Alabama.  He was the Elmore County Superintendent 
of Education for 14 years and served as Judge of Probate of Elmore County 
for 30 years retiring 18 years ago.  He was a member of the First Baptist 
Church of Wetumpka.   [See Obituaries]

(Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge,  barbarawinge@yahoo.com)