Nancy Anne Thompson Howell, wife of Francis Marion Howell, deceased, expired in her eighty-seventh year, at the home of a daughter, in Bolivar, Tenn., September 9, 1947. She gave her life to the Lord, and was baptized at New Hope, in Hardeman County, Tenn., in her early teens. She reared four sons and four daughters, as follows: L. A. Howell, Mrs. L. H. Nelms, and Mrs. C. M. Ferrell, all of Bolivar; F. O., of Vicksburg, Miss.; F. E., of Manila, Ark.; Mrs. H. N. Essary, deceased, whose family continues to reside at Jonesboro, Ark.; Mrs. W. R. Turner and E. B., of Memphis, Tenn. Among the family there are thirty-two grandchildren and forty-two great-grandchildren. She rests in the family burying ground at New Hope, beside her husband. Jean Thornton conducted the funeral service. Our mother lived a devout and faithful Christian life up to the end of the way. She never lost an opportunity to point her family and her friends to the way of the cross. All of her children became obedient to the gospel at a very tender age. Although she was in ill-health for several years, her mental alertness never weakened until the day of her passing. She had a profound knowledge of the Scriptures and a marvelous understanding of human nature. Insofar as we children had knowledge or right or reason to believe during the tender years of our growing up, our father and mother never disagreed about anything. Whatever either of them said or did, the other supported it one hundred per cent. God help us to emulate this glorious example. Our home life was such that I determined to give my life to the ministry of the word as early as I am able to remember, although I did not divulge my intentions to anyone until I was in my seventeenth year, just seventeen months before I preached my first sermon. Maurice M. Howell, my nephew, now preaching for the church at Tuscumbia, Ala., had the advantage of my mother's counsel during the early years of his ministry. Her good works will live on and on and on. We expect to meet her over there. --- F. O. Howell., Box 901, Vicksburg, Miss. Gospel Advocate, January 1, 1948, page 22.
Nancy Anne Thompson Howell, wife of Francis Marion Howell, deceased, expired in her eighty-seventh year, at the home of a daughter, in Bolivar, Tenn., September 9, 1947. She gave her life to the Lord, and was baptized at New Hope, in Hardeman County, Tenn., in her early teens. She reared four sons and four daughters, as follows: L. A. Howell, Mrs. L. H. Nelms, and Mrs. C. M. Ferrell, all of Bolivar; F. O., of Vicksburg, Miss.; F. E., of Manila, Ark.; Mrs. H. N. Essary, deceased, whose family continues to reside at Jonesboro, Ark.; Mrs. W. R. Turner and E. B., of Memphis, Tenn. Among the family there are thirty-two grandchildren and forty-two great-grandchildren. She rests in the family burying ground at New Hope, beside her husband. Jean Thornton conducted the funeral service. Our mother lived a devout and faithful Christian life up to the end of the way. She never lost an opportunity to point her family and her friends to the way of the cross. All of her children became obedient to the gospel at a very tender age. Although she was in ill-health for several years, her mental alertness never weakened until the day of her passing. She had a profound knowledge of the Scriptures and a marvelous understanding of human nature. Insofar as we children had knowledge or right or reason to believe during the tender years of our growing up, our father and mother never disagreed about anything. Whatever either of them said or did, the other supported it one hundred per cent. God help us to emulate this glorious example. Our home life was such that I determined to give my life to the ministry of the word as early as I am able to remember, although I did not divulge my intentions to anyone until I was in my seventeenth year, just seventeen months before I preached my first sermon. Maurice M. Howell, my nephew, now preaching for the church at Tuscumbia, Ala., had the advantage of my mother's counsel during the early years of his ministry. Her good works will live on and on and on. We expect to meet her over there. --- F. O. Howell., Box 901, Vicksburg, Miss. Gospel Advocate, January 1, 1948, page 22.
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