Novella Joyce Howerton's Obituary
Novella “Joyce” Howerton passed away on Sunday November 10, 2019, at the age of 88. She was born on March 1, 1931, in Lexington, KY to Armel K. and Rena Terhune Thompson. She was predeceased by her husband Walter R. (T-Bird/Jack) Howerton.Joyce was a graduate and member of the National Honor Society of Lafayette High School in Lexington, Ky. She also attended Trident Technical College.She shared with her husband, 22 years of Military Service along with both of them retiring from Civil Service.Her memberships included, The Charleston Chapter of Federally Employed Women, MENSA America, Order of Eastern Star, Court #7 of Amaranthe, Lady’s of the Oriental Shrine – Araba, Daughters of the Nile, Lotus Shrine Guild, NSDAR – Charter Member, National Kentucky & Florida Huguenot Society, Society of Boonesborough, KY, Honorable Order of KY Colonels. She taught Sunday school for 45 years. She was a former member of Wando Woods Baptist Church and Wassamassaw Baptist Church in SC. Currently she was a member Daybreak Fellowship of Cape Coral, FL.She is survived by a son, Jack T. and wife Kay (Stevenson) Howerton of North Ft Myers, FL.; granddaughters, Kimberly A. (Norman) Campbell, Melissa K. (Will) Dixon, and Shannon M. (CJ) Cancro; great-grandchildren, Dalton (Erin) Anderson, Taylor (Nick) Hummell, Brianna (Justine) Youmans, Rhett Crocker, CJ Cancro, Jr., and Samantha Cancro; and great-great-grandsons, Drayton Hummell and Michael James Anderson and several nephews. Joyce was predeceased by her sisters, Adrienne Wells and Sharon Storm.In Lieu of Flowers please make donations to the Shriners Hospital for Children in Tampa, FL or The Salvation Army.Visitation will be held Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens, Ft Myers, FL.Funeral Services and Interment will be held at Carolina Memorial Gardens in North Charleston, SC at a later date.Arrangements for final care have been entrusted to Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 1589 Colonial Boulevard, Fort Myers, Florida 33907, (239) 936-0555.
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