F. M. Howell was born on April 19, 1853, and died on June 29, 1932, aged seventy-nine years. He was married to Ann Thompson in 1878. To this union were born eleven children, eight of whom are living. There are thirty-two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren living. Our father joined the Missionary Baptist Church when a young man, but early in life learned the way of the Lord more perfectly and united with the church of Christ at New Hope, in Hardeman County, Tennessee. He soon was made an elder of his congregation. All of his children obeyed the gospel in early life, and he reared them in the church. His remains slumber with the fathers of this congregation in the old churchyard burying grounds. Father was an honest man and lived a clean life. He formed no ugly habits and set no bad examples. He was a planter, a hard-working man, and earned his living by honest toil. He gave his children a fair education, and most of them became teachers in the county schools. He never missed worship on Lord's day unless hindered by circumstances over which he had no control. Two sons and three grandsons are preachers of the gospel. Although dead in body, he lives in influence for good. The heritage that he left his children is a life of faith, honesty, and sincere devotion, which is better far than earthly treasures. God help us, his posterity, to be faithful to his teaching and ideals. --- F. O. Howell. Gospel Advocate, January 5, 1933, page 22.
F. M. Howell was born on April 19, 1853, and died on June 29, 1932, aged seventy-nine years. He was married to Ann Thompson in 1878. To this union were born eleven children, eight of whom are living. There are thirty-two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren living. Our father joined the Missionary Baptist Church when a young man, but early in life learned the way of the Lord more perfectly and united with the church of Christ at New Hope, in Hardeman County, Tennessee. He soon was made an elder of his congregation. All of his children obeyed the gospel in early life, and he reared them in the church. His remains slumber with the fathers of this congregation in the old churchyard burying grounds. Father was an honest man and lived a clean life. He formed no ugly habits and set no bad examples. He was a planter, a hard-working man, and earned his living by honest toil. He gave his children a fair education, and most of them became teachers in the county schools. He never missed worship on Lord's day unless hindered by circumstances over which he had no control. Two sons and three grandsons are preachers of the gospel. Although dead in body, he lives in influence for good. The heritage that he left his children is a life of faith, honesty, and sincere devotion, which is better far than earthly treasures. God help us, his posterity, to be faithful to his teaching and ideals. --- F. O. Howell. Gospel Advocate, January 5, 1933, page 22.
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