Edna Ruth Howard Cain, 79, passed away January 31, 2009 in Oxford, MS, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital – N MS. She was born to the late W. A. “Bill” and Eula Eakins Howard in Attala County, MS. She was a member of the First United Pentecostal Church in Batesville, MS.
The visitation will be held on Monday, February 2, 2009 from 5 to 8 PM at the First United Pentecostal Church in Batesville, MS. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at the First United Pentecostal Church in Batesville, MS with Rev. Steve Cannon presiding. Burial will take place in Harmony Cemetery in Ethel, MS with Josh King, Robbie Kendall, Patrick Young, Albert Renkin, Buster Davis, and Patrick Cain serving as pallbearers. Services are under the direction of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS
Mrs. Cain is survived by two daughters, Jaine Kendall of Water Valley, MS and Kelli Kelly of Noxapater, MS; seven sons, Jimmy Dale McLeon of Davie, FL, John “Andy” King, Jason “Eddie” King, and Joel “JoJo” King – all of Clarksdale, MS, Justen “Rusty” King and Jeffrey “Jeff” King – both of Greenville, MS, and Sammy Cain of Water Valley, MS; twenty-one grandchildren; twenty-four great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Sam Cain; sister, Glenda Chapus; three brothers, William Anderson “Shorty” Howard, Horace Wayne Howard and Thomas Edward “Tommy” Howard.