Don Howard
Donald Allen Howard went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 23, 2018.
He joined his daughter, Jan Howard, parents, Annie and Earl Howard, sister, Faye Bell Medley, brother, Crawford Howard, nephew, Charles Medley, niece, Annette Medley, several cousins, aunts and uncles.
Don was born on April 11, 1937 and graduated from Gordon Lee High School. He was employed by Combustion Engineering for 36 years. He retired to his home in Rock Spring, Ga., to keep busy gardening, mowing his yard, playing golf, helping others, and oversaw the Rock Spring Community Cemetery for 18 years. He enjoyed hunting, fixing guns and wood working. He was a Boy Scout leader and baseball coach in his younger years. Don was a member of the Rock Spring UMC for 56 years and served as Trustee for 20 years. He was a teacher of the Jr. High Sunday School class and a teacher of the Joy class until recent.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Bernice Smith Howard, son and daughter-in-law, Clay and Hope Howard and his beloved grandson, Christian Howard, several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Rock Spring UMC. Reverend Todd Smith and Reverend John Brantley will officiate.
Interment will follow in the Rock Spring Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Skip Purcell, Mike Hoggard, Joe Storey, Robert Collins, Patrick Hunter, and Brandon Neighbors.
Honorary pallbearers are the members of the Joy Sunday School class, Ray Crowder, John Warren, Jeff Potts, and Ernie Brabner.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 6-8 p.m. at the church.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Rock Spring UMC bus fund or quilt ministry P.O. Box 117 Rock Spring, Ga. 30739.
Arrangements are by Wallis-Wilbanks Funeral Home, LaFayette.