Obituaries: Otha Belle Howard, Sabine, DeSoto Parish H-630 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 11, 1980 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ** Otha Belle Howard Services for Mrs. Otha Belle Howard, 69, of Mansfield, were at 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 5, at Drewett Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Gary Orr officiated, Burial followed in Highland Cemetery. She died Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 4:50 p.m., at DeSoto General Hospital, after a lengthy illness. Survivors include her husband, Foster Howard, Mansfield; one son, James A. Furlow, Austin, Texas; two daughters, JoAnn Flannigan, Snellville, Georgia, and Sandra Moore, Mansfield; one step daughter, Glennis Wise, Pleasant hill; one sister, Florette Robbins, Mansfield; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Dorothy Wyatt, Marthaville; 12 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; 3 nieces; and 2 nephews.