Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Howard, Arthur Virgenous November 2, 1939
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New Journal and Guide, Saturday, November 18, 1939

Former Norfolkian Falls 7 Stories To Death In N.Y.

The grim reaper claimed the life of 16-year-old Arthur V. Howard of New York 
City, a former John T. West and Booker T. Washington High School student here, 
when he fell seven stories from an air shaft November 2. He was brought back 
here for funeral services which were held at First Calvary Baptist Church, 
November 6, with the Rev. O.J. Allen officiating.

The youth fell on top of a lower building and was taken immediately to a New 
York hospital where he died shortly afterwards. The youth, accompanied by six 
other boys, had just finished building a pigeon house on top of another building 
when they started walking and jumping form roof to roof, it is alleged. The 
victim is said to have been leading the group and unknowingly came to the air 
shaft from which he fell.

Mr. Howard was a student at the Frederick Douglass High School in New York. He 
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Howard, 944 Sutton Street, and the grandson 
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Howard, who formerly resided on Broad Creek Road here. 
The deceased youth was a member of the First Calvary Baptist Church while here 
and attended the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in New York. He was well known by the 
young people in both cities.

He is survived by his parents, one brother, four sisters, two grandmothers, one 
grandfather, four uncles, six aunts, and other relatives. Interment was in the 
Calvary Cemetery.

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