Viola Howell (1919 - 2018)

Born 5 Jul 1919 in Pace, Bolivar, Mississippi, United States

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Died 11 May 2018 at age 98 in Mississippi, United States

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Obituary

Viola Howell Smith passed away surrounded by her loving daughter and family on Friday, May 11, 2018 at Merit Health Rankin Medical Center in Brandon. She was 98.

A native of Pace, Mississippi and born July 5, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Elzie Howell and the later Ludie Kurkendall Howell.

She was preceded in death by her husband, J.R. Smith; daughter, Catherine Pittman; three sisters and two brothers.

She is survived by her daughter, Mary Ann Pierce, of Pearl; sister, Ruby Neal, of Alabama; nine grandchildren; and numerous great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, and other relatives and friends.

Graveside Services will be held 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 14, 2018 in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Greenville, the Rev. Anthony Prestage officiating. Visitation will be held 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. on Sunday at Sebrell Funeral Home in Ridgeland.

Published: http://www.sebrellfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Viola-Smith?obId=3088704#/obituaryInfo

Sources

• 1930 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002; Repository: NOTE Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930.
• 1940 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: NOTE Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940.