Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Howell, Reuben A. Sr., 1973 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Reuben Arnold Howell Sr. Reuben Arnold Howell Sr., 50, of Rt. 1, Windsor, died Tuesday [sic; Wednesday] at 3 a.m. in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. A native of Hertford, N.C., he was the husband of Mrs. Dorothy Paramore Howell and a son of the late David E. and Mrs. Minnie Gatling Howell. He was a member of Buckhorn Baptist Church in Como, N.C. He ran Howell's Auto Garage in Suffolk. Surviving besides his widow are two sons, Reuben Arnold Howell Jr. and Randy Wayne Howell of Windsor; one brother, Robert D. Howell of Suffolk and one grandson. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home by the Rev. Larry McCall of Antioch Christian Church. Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. Reuben Arnold HOWELL, Sr., auto mechanic, b. 17 May 1922, Hertford Co., NC, d. 31 Jan 1973, Suffolk, interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 2 Feb 1973, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 51, No. 27, Wed., Jan. 31, 1973, p. 2, text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #217602378 *Additional information: Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Keith Howell - is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #217602378. D.Cert. 73-003242 His widow (1929 - 2021) 2m. a JONES, but is marked with Reuben. His parents are buried in Buckhorn Baptist Church Cemetery, Como, Hertford Co., NC. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h400r11o.txt