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- The Cairo Messenger, Dec. 15, 2004
"MARY HOWARD - December 7, 2004
Mrs. Mary Belcher Howard, 87, of Albany, Ga., passed away
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Americus, Ga.
Funeral services were held on Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, at 11 a.m.
at Avalon United Methodist Church, with interment at 3:30 p.m. in
Whigham, Ga. Rev. Dale Thornton officiated.
A native of Grady County, Mrs. Howard was a charter member of
Avalon United Methodist Church, where she sang in the choir and was a
member of the Samaritan Sunday School Class. She was a member of the
United Methodist Women and was a talented gardener and flower
arranger. Mrs. Howard loved to cook for her family and friends.
Survivors include husband, Elbert Howard of Americus, formerly of
Albany; three daughters, Eleanor Walton and her husband, Asbury of
Macon, Ga., Carol Riles and her husband, G.W. of Winter Garden, Fla.,
and Ginger Davis-Beck and her husband, Woody of Athens, Ga.; seven
grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Elizabeth Tillman
of Whigham. Mrs. Howard was preceded in death by two sisters, Mildred
Pryce and Lillian Bales.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Avalon United
Methodist Church Building Fund, 3018 Gillionville Road, Albany, Ga.
31707.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors were in charge of arrangements."
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1917 - 2004 (87 years)