MARY HOWARD

CHARLESTON -- Mary Howard, 48, of Charleston died Saturday, May 4, 1991, at the Sikeston Health Care Center in Sikeston.

She was born June 9, 1942 in Charleston. Her father, John Henry Howard, of Charleston survives.

Other survivors include a son, Joseph Howard of Scottsville, Ken; four brothers, Arthur Howard of Chicago, Curtis and Marshall Howard, both of Charleston, and Gary Howard of Scottsville; five sisters, Pearlie Mae Jelks of Los Angeles, Elnora Mims of Chicago, Selma Betts of St. Louis, Susan Howard of Charleston and Zestie Smith of Cairo, Ill. Also surviving is a step-grandmother, Mrs. Georgia White of Charleston.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the St. Mark Baptist Church in Charleston. The Rev. Wiley Reed will officiate, and burial will be in the Old Grove Cemetery in Charleston.

Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Sparks Funeral Home in Charleston.