Sarah Jane Howard, 77, of Chattanooga, died on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in a local health care facility.
She was a member of St. Mary P.B. Church for many years and then became a member of New Vernon Grove Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie C. Howard; and daughters, Gloria Howard Moore and Flora Mae Howard.
Survivors include her five sons, Lee Howard, Leon Howard, both of Sparta, Ga., Ronnie Howard, Troy (Starly) Howard and Timothy Howard (Sharon Hunt), all of Chattanooga; two daughters, Diane Howard (Ikey) Charles and Jennifer Howard (Ralph Lewis), both of Chattanooga; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Rosa Mae Tucker and Maryland Tucker, both of Sparta, Ga.; two sisters-in-law, Emma Little of Milledgeville, Ga., and Christine Thomas, of Cincinnati, Ohio; several nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, in the chapel of Taylor Funeral Home with Pastor Harris Toney officiating. Burial will be in Highland Memorial Gardens.
The body will lie in state on Friday, June 24, after noon at the funeral home.