Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Howell, Thomas C., 1937 

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THOMAS CLYDE HOWELL

   Thomas Clyde Howell, well-known citizen of the Franklin community, died at 
Raiford Hospital here November 28.  He was the son of Mrs. Geneva Howell and 
the late W.F. Howell, who preceded him to the grave six weeks ago.  He was 
born near Branchville August 29, 1893, and was in his forty-fifth year.  He 
moved to Franklin with his parents in 1915.

    Besides his mother the deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Viola Vann 
Howell and a daughter, Marie Howell; three brothers, W. Herman, J. Edward and 
Dewey Howell; three sisters, Mrs. W.M. Bradshaw and Mrs. R.C. Councill of 
Franklin and Mrs. C.R. Waters of Portsmouth.

   Mr. Howell was afflicted with asthma from early boyhood and sought relief 
in Wyoming, returning later and being associated with his brothers, Edward and 
Dewey, in the mercantile business and in farming for the late 12 years.

   Funeral services were conducted from his late residence Tuesday afternoon 
at 3 o’clock by his pastor, Rev. F.B. Handley of Boykins, assisted by Rev. 
R.D. Stephenson of Franklin and Rev. F.P. Davis of Sycamore.  Interment was 
made in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the pallbearers being Jesse McClenny, F.R. 
Day, H.L. Vaughan, J.H. Stephenson, John Revelle, J.A. Johnson, Fenton 
Matthews and Hunter Darden.  Friends of the family were honorary pallbearers. 
The floral tributes were beautiful and numerous.

   Mr. Howell was a member of the Branchville Baptist Church.  He was a kind 
and loving father and a well-beloved citizen.  He will be sorely missed not 
only in the home but in the whole community as well.  He was a help-mate 
indeed to his heart-broken wife.  Their union was "Two minds with a single 
thought, two hearts that beat as one."  They lived and worked together for one 
another and their dear little girl, looking each to the other in the conduct 
of their household.  Thus hand and hand they walked down life’s pathway 
together, a devoted happy couple until the Grim Reaper appeared, but he was 
not afraid but ready, and with no time for a farewell, nor even a backward 
glance to his loved ones, placed his hands in His and journed to "The Home of 
the Soul."

"There he awaits the coming of his loved ones/ 
 In that beautiful land,/ 
 The far-away home of the soul,/ 
 Where no storms ever beat;/ 
 On that glittering strand,/ 
 While the years of Eternity roll."


Thomas Clyde HOWELL, businessman & farmer, 
b. 29 Aug 1893, near Branchville, d. 28 Nov 1937, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 110*), Franklin, 
   30 Nov 1937, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 3, 1937, p. 5 

*His parents are buried in the same section- Plots 159 & 176. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," June 18, 1953), 
   with her marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h400g1ob.txt 


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