Horace B. Howell, 93, of Fitzgerald died Saturday, March 29, 2008, at Tift Regional Hospital in Tifton.
Graveside services will be held 11 A.M., Tuesday, April 1, at the Evergreen Cemetery with the Rev. Danny Hughes officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 Monday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Howell was born November 21, 1914 in Lawrence County, Alabama to Willie and Nellie McCleskey Howell. Following the death of his mother, he was raised by his father and step-mother, Addie Crowe Howell. He moved to Ben Hill County in 1937 and was a retired farmer, having been named the 1971 Farmer of the Year for Ben Hill County. Mr. Howell was a former member of the Farm Bureau and a member of the ASCS Committee. He was a member of the Baraca Sunday School Class of First Baptist Church and a former deacon at New Prospect Baptist Church.
He is survived by a Son: Jimmie W. (Patricia) Howell of Tifton; Daughter: Martha Ellen (Rev. Danny) Hughes of Claxton; Grandchildren: Michael (Leah) Howell of Santa Rosa Beach, FL, Kyle (Jennifer) Howell of Tifton and Robert Hughes of Douglas; Sisters: Josephine Dutton and Syble Morgan, both of Moulton, AL. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eunice Key Howell.