Margaret Elizabeth Howell

Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Howell, 94 of Wellborn, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 2, 2014 at the Lake City Medical Center.  She was born in Altha, Florida and was the last surviving of five children to the late Dillard and Miriam Douglas.  Mrs. Howell lived most of her life in Jacksonville and moved to Suwannee County in 1972.  She was very strong in her faith and loved her church family at Mt. Beulah Baptist Church in Wellborn.  Mrs. Howell was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Mr. Roscoe Jasper Howell in 2003, one son, William Ray Howell in 2008 and one grandson, Christopher Poole in 1999.

Survivors include her three daughters, Mary Howell Thrasher (Jim), Lake City, Melba Howell Matthews (Mike), Roswell, GA and Wanda Howell Doumar (David), Jupiter, FL; one daughter in law, Patricia Howell, Wellborn; six grandchildren, Sherri Lee (Don), Lake City, Alan Raulerson (Stacy), Ft. Myers, FL, Matthew Doumar, New York, NY, Philip Doumar, Tampa, FL, Cole Howell (Kathryn), Fairfax, VA and Lisa Walling (Brian), Setaukut, NY; and six great grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services for Mrs. Howell will be conducted on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Guerry Funeral Home with Rev. Lewis Gooch, pastor of Mt. Beulah Baptist Church officiating.  Interment will follow at Mt. Beulah Baptist Cemetery.  Visitation with the family will be from 1-2:00 PM, Tuesday, one hour prior to the service at the chapel.  In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Mt. Beulah Baptist Church Building Fund or the Haven Hospice Suwannee Valley Care Center.