Dorothy L. Howell
Dorothy L. Howell, 86, of Quinlan, died Sunday, August 5, 2012 at Legend Health Care. Memorial services will be 7:00 PM, Thursday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John Cox and Mr. David Clinkscale officiating. Visitation will be 6:00 PM until service time at the funeral home.
Mrs. Howell was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on June 4, 1926. She was the daughter of Louis A. O’Howell and Radie Ellen Stacy O’Howell. On March 16, 1946, she married Eugene D. Howell in Jackson, Missouri. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Caddo Mills. Mrs. Howell was a retired secretary and formerly owned Howell’s Greenhouse in Burleson.
She is survived by her husband, Eugene Howell of Quinlan; son, Keith Howell of Greenville; daughters, Karen Clinkscale of Granbury and Sherry Ryan of Quinlan; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Grover O’Howell and George O’Howell; sisters, Dora Williamson, Audrey Welker, Edna Baker and Wanda Break.
The family requests memorials be made to Parkinson’s Disease Foundation or Arthritis Foundation.
