Bluefield, WV-
Helen Louise Bailey Howell, of 2821 Grandview Avenue, Bluefield, and also of her
vacation home at Claytor Lake, passed away on Wednesday May 23, 2007 at Phillips
Personal Home Care after a hard fought battle with brain cancer. She was
reunited with her husband Charlie, who passed away on May 7th of this
year.
She was born in
Princeton, WV and was the daughter of the late Kenneth N. Bailey and Laura
Pennington Bailey. Mrs. Howell had been a resident of Bluefield for most of her
life and graduated from Beaver High School. She was a Supervisor at West
Virginia Job Services and retired in 1984. She was a member of Edgemont Baptist
Church in Bluefield and was also a member of the Mercer County Humane Society.
She was crazy about animals and she loved all of her dogs and cats.
In addition to her
parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Charles Edward Howell; one
brother, Kenneth C. Bailey; and five uncles, Cyrus, Harry, Cecil, Ralph and Don
Pennington.
Survivors include her
son Danny E. Howell of Bluefield; her former daughter-in-law, Connie Howell of
Green Valley; one step-grandson, Eric Baugh of Green Valley; an aunt, Beulah
Pennington of Hinton, WV; a special niece, Ann Thomas and her husband Bill of
Front Royal, VA; several cousins, and a close friend, Ramona Woodson of
Bluefield, WV.
Funeral services for
Mrs. Howell will be conducted on Saturday May 26, 2007 at 11:00 at the Mercer
Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bruce Woodson officiating. Entombment will follow
at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton.
The family will
receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening, May 25th from
6:00 until 8:00 p.m.
Serving as pallbearers
will be Ted Baker, Jack Bourne, Gordon Corell, Eric Baugh, Sonny Matthews and
Joe Bailey. Serving as an honorary pallbearer will be Vernon Roop.
In lieu of flowers,
memorial contributions, if desired, may be made to Edgemont Baptist Church, 2507
Jefferson Drive, Bluefield, WV 24701; or to Community Hospices of America, P.O.
Box 6364, Bluefield, WV or to the Bluefield Union Mission, 2203 Bluefield
Avenue, Bluefield, WV 24701.
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memories or condolence messages may do so by visiting
www.MercerFuneralHome.com
Mercer Funeral Home &
Crematory is serving the Howell family.
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