LORNA HOWARD

THEBES, Ill. -- Lorna "Billie Walsh" Howard, 75, died Saturday, March 29, 1997, at Saint Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

She was born August 12, 1921, in Randols, Mo., daughter of Clarence and Carrie Armstrong McNeely.

On March 14, 1987, she married John Howard in Marble Hill.

She was of the Baptist faith and worked as a self-employed salesperson in Thebes.

She is survived by her husband, of Thebes; two sons, Lloyd R. and Michael S. Nance, both of Cape Girardeau; two stepsons, Jim Howard of Seymore, Ind., and Jesse Howard of Cape Girardeau; one step-daughter, Nancy Howard of Seymore, Ind.; one sister, Eva Marie Reece of Oran; two grandchildren and five step-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one son, four brothers, and two sisters.

Visitation will be today from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. Funeral services will begin at 1 p.m. Monday at the chapel, the Rev. Gary Teague officiating. Burial will follow in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.