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July 28, 2012
Joe D. Howard - 1926-2012
Preston Family Funeral Home The Independent
ASHLAND — Joe D. Howard, 86, of Ashland, husband of Loretta Gilliam Howard, died Friday morning, July 27, 2012, in Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland following an extended illness.
Joe was born March 30, 1926, in Boyd County, a son of the late John and Julia Allen Howard.
He was a retired yard conductor with CSX Railroad and a 60 year member of the Fairview Baptist Church where he served as Deacon, Sunday school teacher and numerous other positions throughout the years. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was a Kentucky Colonel. He was a former chairman and member of the Fairview Board of Education and was inducted into the Fairview Hall of Fame in 2008. He was a former cub master of Pack 118 for eight years and served as chairman of committee of Boy Scout Troop 154. Joe coached Little League and Babe Ruth League Baseball for 12 years and was very active in the Westwood Boys Club. He enjoyed horse shows and was a charter member and president of the Eastern Kentucky Arabian Horse Association and was past president of Equivision Riding Therapy Program. Joe was, for many years, a volunteer with the Federal Correction Institution in Summit.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Barry Howard; a granddaughter, Kyla Barker; three brothers, and two sisters.
In addition to his loving wife, he is survived by three sons, Joe David Howard and wife, Sheila, of Westwood, Dustin Bruce Howard and wife, Elaine, of Ironton, Ohio, and Jonathan Kevin Howard of Ashland; three daughters, Lisa Carol Vice and husband, David of Ashland, Laurel Kim Mayo and husband, Roger of Berea and Leslie Karen Barker and husband, Joe of Catlettsburg; 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at Fairview Baptist Church by Pastor Michael Rice. Burial will be in the Howard Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, July 30, 2012, at Preston Family Funeral Home in Ashland. Contributions may be made to the Fairview Baptist Church Building Fund.
Condolences may be sent to the family at prestonfamilyfuneralhome.com.