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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Sara Annette Howell
Sara Annette
Howell
January 23, 1928 – May 1, 2016
Sara Annette Howell's Obituary
Funeral services for Sara Annette Howell, 88, of Wills Point, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 5, 2016, at Calvary Baptist Church in Wills Point with Dr. Gene Lindsey officiating. Interment will follow at White Rose Cemetery in Wills Point under the direction of Allan Fuller Funeral Home in Wills Point.
She passed away Sunday night, May 1, 2016, in Canton.
Sara was born January 23, 1928, in the Center Community north of Wills Point at the family farm with the late Dr. H.T. Fry in attendance. She was the first born child to Robert Wade Howell and Carrie Banks Norwood Howell. Sara graduated from Wills Point High School in 1944 and attended Rutherford Business School in Dallas. Her first job was in the Post Exchange Office. In 1946, she began working for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in the Dallas accounting office. Later, Sara was transferred to Wills Point to open a business office. Wills Point had grown and the operators were no longer able to collect bills and take service orders. With the growth after Lake Tawakoni was completed, Wills Point records and Sara were moved to Terrell. In June of 1982, the Terrell office closed and Sara retired after thirty-five years and eight months of service. After retirement, she worked part-time for twelve years at the Wills Point Chamber of Commerce. Sara was an investor at Allan Fuller Funeral Home and she started helping in the office when it opened in 1996. She enjoyed coming to work in the afternoons, doing whatever she could to help out. She stilled played an important role at the funeral home up until the last few months, when she was no longer able to come. Sara was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and a Charter member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Preceded in death by her parents, Wade & Carrie Howell; grandparents, H. Blount & Lela B. Howell and J. Allie & Sarah Kay Norwood; brother & sister-in-law, Robert Norwood "Buddy" & Patricia "Pat" Howell; brother-in-law, D.L. Fuller; nephew, Bobby Gene Howell; niece, Sara Ann Fuller and her niece's husband, Bryan Henson.
Sara is survived by her sister, Allye Frances Fuller, of Wills Point; two nephews, Allan Fuller & wife, Darlane, of Wills Point and Selby Fuller, of Wills Point; two nieces, Marilyn Henson, of Commerce and Mary Garner & husband, Bill, of Austin; five great-nephews, Shane Fuller & wife, Rachel, of Wills Point, Bryan Henson & wife, Leigh-Ann, of Waco, Wade Henson & wife, Megan, of Austin , Cody Garner, of Austin and Rusty Knouss, of Austin ; three great-nieces, Tami Adams & husband, Josh, of Wills Point , Holly Nutt & husband, Chris, of Campbell and Camille Fuller, of Houston; great-great nephew, Cade Adams, of Wills Point ; great-great nieces, Kilynn Fuller, of Wills Point, Landri Fuller, of Wills Point, Stella Nutt, of Campbell, Breelyn Adams, of Wills Point and Heidi Henson, of Waco; lifelong friend, Liz Ellis, of Wills Point; caretaker, Dorthy Dillard, of Wills Point; other relatives and friends
Pallbearers: Shane Fuller, Bryan Henson, Wade Henson, Chris Nutt, Josh Adams and Cade Adams
Honorary Pallbearers: Deacons at Calvary Baptist Church
Family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
The family has requested that everyone wear the color red in remembrance of Sara and her favorite color.
She passed away Sunday night, May 1, 2016, in Canton.
Sara was born January 23, 1928, in the Center Community north of Wills Point at the family farm with the late Dr. H.T. Fry in attendance. She was the first born child to Robert Wade Howell and Carrie Banks Norwood Howell. Sara graduated from Wills Point High School in 1944 and attended Rutherford Business School in Dallas. Her first job was in the Post Exchange Office. In 1946, she began working for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in the Dallas accounting office. Later, Sara was transferred to Wills Point to open a business office. Wills Point had grown and the operators were no longer able to collect bills and take service orders. With the growth after Lake Tawakoni was completed, Wills Point records and Sara were moved to Terrell. In June of 1982, the Terrell office closed and Sara retired after thirty-five years and eight months of service. After retirement, she worked part-time for twelve years at the Wills Point Chamber of Commerce. Sara was an investor at Allan Fuller Funeral Home and she started helping in the office when it opened in 1996. She enjoyed coming to work in the afternoons, doing whatever she could to help out. She stilled played an important role at the funeral home up until the last few months, when she was no longer able to come. Sara was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and a Charter member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Preceded in death by her parents, Wade & Carrie Howell; grandparents, H. Blount & Lela B. Howell and J. Allie & Sarah Kay Norwood; brother & sister-in-law, Robert Norwood "Buddy" & Patricia "Pat" Howell; brother-in-law, D.L. Fuller; nephew, Bobby Gene Howell; niece, Sara Ann Fuller and her niece's husband, Bryan Henson.
Sara is survived by her sister, Allye Frances Fuller, of Wills Point; two nephews, Allan Fuller & wife, Darlane, of Wills Point and Selby Fuller, of Wills Point; two nieces, Marilyn Henson, of Commerce and Mary Garner & husband, Bill, of Austin; five great-nephews, Shane Fuller & wife, Rachel, of Wills Point, Bryan Henson & wife, Leigh-Ann, of Waco, Wade Henson & wife, Megan, of Austin , Cody Garner, of Austin and Rusty Knouss, of Austin ; three great-nieces, Tami Adams & husband, Josh, of Wills Point , Holly Nutt & husband, Chris, of Campbell and Camille Fuller, of Houston; great-great nephew, Cade Adams, of Wills Point ; great-great nieces, Kilynn Fuller, of Wills Point, Landri Fuller, of Wills Point, Stella Nutt, of Campbell, Breelyn Adams, of Wills Point and Heidi Henson, of Waco; lifelong friend, Liz Ellis, of Wills Point; caretaker, Dorthy Dillard, of Wills Point; other relatives and friends
Pallbearers: Shane Fuller, Bryan Henson, Wade Henson, Chris Nutt, Josh Adams and Cade Adams
Honorary Pallbearers: Deacons at Calvary Baptist Church
Family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
The family has requested that everyone wear the color red in remembrance of Sara and her favorite color.
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Funeral Services for Sara Annette Howell
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5
Calvary Baptist Church
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