HOWARD, W. F. - Wheeler County, Texas | W. F. HOWARD - Texas Gravestone Photos

W. F. HOWARD

Wheeler Cemetery
Wheeler County,
Texas

August 5, 1923-February 20, 1999

Please see military marker
Shared stone with Betty
Married June 30, 1956

Inscribed on back of stone:
William Frederick Howard, Jr.
Married
Betty Lou Gollihugh

Our Children
William “Bill” F., III - Paul Kelly
Dennis Michael

Our Grandchildren
Benjamin Carl-Rachel Ann


*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley

*Obituary
WHEELER - W.F. Howard Jr., 75, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1999.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Lewis Ellis, pastor of First Baptist Church, Lefors, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.

Mr. Howard was born in Childress, moved from Quail to Mobeetie in 1968 and to Wheeler in 1987. He graduated from Carey High School and earned a BBA, MBA and an Administrator's Certificate from West Texas State College. He was a teacher and administrator for 37 years in Briscoe, Quail, Lakeview, Lelia Lake and Mobeetie until his retirement in 1987. He served in the Army during World War II.

He married Betty Gollihugh in 1956.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, William F. "Bill" Howard III of Wheeler, Kelly Howard of Panhandle and Dennis Michael Howard of Amarillo; two brothers, Roy L. Howard of Childress and Travis L. Howard of New Braunfels; and two grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Golden Agers of First Baptist Church in Wheeler, or to a favorite charity.

Amarillo Globe News - February 22, 1999

Contributed on 11/3/21

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Record #: 466717

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Submitted: 11/3/21 • Approved: 11/3/21 • Last Updated: 11/6/21 • R466717-G0-S3

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