TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for HOWARD, HERBERT LEE Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from May 30 to May 31, 2017 Died: Thursday, May 25, 2017 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= HOWARD, HERBERT LEE ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2017/f1705.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Herbert Lee Howard, 78, a native and resident of Houma, passed away peacefully at 9:44 a.m. on Thursday, May 25, 2017. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until funeral time at11 a.m. on Thursday, June 1, 2017, at New Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, 146 Banks St. in Houma. Burial will follow in Union Benevolent Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Clara Williams Howard; sons, Kirk and Willie Howard (Mia); daughters, Clarice H. Lewis (Gerald) and Maryland "Melissa" Howard; twenty eight grandchildren; thirty great-grandchildren; sister, Maude H. Parker; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his son, Herbert "June" Alvis; grandchildren, Da'Ronte, Alise, Deonta and Damonte Howard; mother, Maryland Howard; brother, Charles Coleman; and nephew, Dwayne Parker. Jones Funeral Home of Houma in charge of arrangements. ======================