To her family, she was known as "Granny Lou."
From the Amherst newspaper:
CLIFFORD - Community leader Louise B. Howell, 85, died Saturday morning
in a Lynchburg nursing home.
Mrs. Howell, the widow of John V. Howell, Sr., was a former Amherst
teacher and was long active in community affairs.
She was a former member of the Amherst County School Board, the
recreation committee, and the Board of Directors of First Virginia Bank.
She was also active in the county museum, library, and St. Mark's
Episcopal Church.
Survivors include Thomas B. Howell and Robert W. Howell of Amherst.
The obituary appears on page two of today's paper.
Obituary from "The News & Daily Advance," Lynchburg, VA, Sun., June 11,
1989:
Louise Borum Howell
AMHERST - Louise Borum Howell, 85 of Route 4, Athlone Farm, died
Saturday morning at Camelot Nursing Home in Lynchburg. The wife of the
late John (Jack) V. Howell, Sr.
Born November 13, 1903 in Burkeville, she was the daughter of the
late Charles Edmund and Mildred Carter Borum. She came to Amherst County
as a teacher in the County School System. Her contributions have been
many to the enrichment of life here. She has been an active member of
the Democratic Party, a member of the D. A. R., Sarah Henry Garden Club,
the Jousting Tournament Assoc., Eastern Star and Daughters of the
Confederacy. She has served as a member of the Amherst School Board and
on the board of directors of First Virginia Bank. Mrs. Howell served on
the first Amherst County Recreation Committee and the County Zoning
Board. In her life of service to the community and her fellow man, she
was instrumental in obtaining the Amherst County Health Center, The
County Library and the Amherst Museum of History. She served as an
active member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church for 66 years.
She is survived by two sons, Thomas B. Howell and Robert W. Howell
both of Amherst; two daughters, Mrs. Alice H. Powell of Raleigh, N.C. and
Mrs. Margaret H. Perry of Chesapeake; a sister, Mrs. Emily B. Anderson of
Richmond; 13 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by a son, John V. Howell, Jr. and a daughter, Mary Louise
Johnson.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Mark's
Episcopal Church with burial in Fort Hill Memorial Park Mausoleum.
The family will be at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Clifford from 7
to 8:30 p.m. today and other times at Thomas B. Howell, Kenmore Road, in
Amherst.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mark's Episcopal Church or
your favorite charity.
Arrangements by Piney River Funeral Home.
© bounty@carolina.rr.com
all rights reserved
last updated:
Page built by Gedpage Version 2.05 ©1997 on 04 June 2000