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Obituaries

MABEL L. HOWARD, 92, ILLINOIS (ADAIR CO. NATIVE)

 
Mabel L. Howard, 92, of Sumner, Illinois passed away Monday, February 19, 2018 at the Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville, Illinois. She was born February 2, 1926 in Vester, Kentucky, the daughter of Drurry T. and Clara (Cowans) Bryant. She married Lloyd Howard on February 2, 1946 and he preceded her in death on May 2, 2003.
 
In her earlier years, Mabel worked at the Shoe Factory in Olney and Suttle Apparatus in Lawrenceville. She was a homemaker and devoted her life as a minister’s wife in the Evangelical United Brethren Conference, that later became the Southern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church. Mabel was also a very devoted mother and opened her home to many family members and people in need. For many years she was a member of the Union Chapel United Methodist Church and in the later years, she became a member of the Sumner United Methodist Church. 
 
Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Lloyd; six brothers, Welby Donald Bryant, James Bryant, Joseph Bryant, Bobbie Bryant, Marion Bryant, and Marn Bryant; one sister, Geneva Giles; and one great-granddaughter.
 
SURVIVORS
3 sons: Winston Howard and wife Diana of Oblong, Illinois; Eugene ‘Gene’ Howard and wife Janet of Olney, Illinois; Darrell Howard and wife Treva of Clinton, Illinois
2 daughters: Janet Lytis and husband Tony of Greenwood, Indiana; Marty Anderson and husband Allen of Columbus, Indiana
4 brothers: Arvil Bryant and wife Della Faye of Franklin Indiana; Jackie Bryant and wife Barbara of Trafalgar, Indiana; Willard Bryant and wife Sandra of Columbia, Kentucky; Alvin Bryant of Columbia, Kentucky
1 sister: Louise Heath and husband Mike of Sumner, Illinois
8 grandchildren
12 great-grandchildren
7 step-grandchildren
7 step-great-grandchildren
 
FUNERAL SERVICE: Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 12:00 PM CST at the Sivert-Macey & Steffey Funeral Home in Sumner, Illinois.
 
VISITATION: Saturday, February 24, 2018 from 10:00am-12:00pmCT at the funeral home
 
BURIAL: Cresthaven Memorial Park
 
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Mabel’s memory may be made to the Sumner United Methodist Church or the Disabled American Veterans. 
 

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