June 22, 1956 – March 18, 2007 WHITESBORO รข??Graveside services for John Belton Howard, 50, will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, March 22, 2007 at Macomb Cemetery under the direction of Meador Funeral Home of Whitesboro. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 P.M. Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at the funeral home.
Mr. Howard passed away March 18, 2007 at Wilson N. Jones Medical Center in Sherman.
John was born on June 22, 1956 to Lee Roy and Billie Faye (Simmons) Howard in Gainesville, Texas. He was a painter and carpenter. John was a loving son and brother, who enjoyed fishing, camping and hunting.
He is survived by his longtime companion, Jo Nell Gray of Sherman; mother, Billie Faye Simmons of Sherman; two brothers, Glenn Dale Howard of Sherman and Charles Lee Howard and wife Amy of Whitesboro; two sisters, Linda Lee Bowling and husband Floyd Dean of Whitesboro and Maude Catherine Hale of Whitesboro; numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Lee Roy Howard; brothers, David Lamont Howard, Bobby Howard and sisters, Mary Ellen Morris and Martha Dorene Howard.