ObituariesJanuary 24, 1991

EAST PRAIRIE - East Prairie resident Juanita Howard, 77, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1991 in Montevallo, Ala. Howard died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Allan and Jeanne Webster. She was born Aug. 8, 1913 in Cooter, daughter of the late David and Emma Fowler Cranford. On July 22, 1943, she married Eugene G. Howard. He died Aug. 30, 1977...

EAST PRAIRIE - East Prairie resident Juanita Howard, 77, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1991 in Montevallo, Ala.

Howard died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Allan and Jeanne Webster.

She was born Aug. 8, 1913 in Cooter, daughter of the late David and Emma Fowler Cranford. On July 22, 1943, she married Eugene G. Howard. He died Aug. 30, 1977.

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Howard had lived since 1946 in East Prairie, where she was co-owner and operator of Howard Drug Sundries until her retirement in 1977. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in East Prairie.

In addition to her daughter and son-in-law, surviving are one brother, D.W. Cranford of Braggadocia; one granddaughter, Yancy Peek, also of Montevallo, Ala.; and one sister-in-law, Frances Hill of Charleston.

Friends may call today after 4 p.m. at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, where funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. The Rev. George White, pastor of the First Baptist in East Prairie, will preside.

Burial will be in the International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery.

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