John Fincher HOWELL

1926 - 1965  (39 years)

• Name	John Fincher HOWELL
  Nickname	Sonny
  Born	Aug 2 1926	Cleveland, Bolivar County, MS
  Gender	Male
  Died	Feb 8 1965	Sherman, Grayson County, TX
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  1. Frank Allen HOWELL,   b. Oct 24 1912, Cleveland, MS ,   d. Jul 26 1923, Cleveland, MS   2. Julia Lynn HOWELL,   b. 6 Aug 1914, Cleveland MS ,   d. 05 Feb 1995, Jackson, MS  (Age 80 years) ▻ Jr Fred Monroe ( Jack ) STEELE, Jr.,  m. 1 Sep 1940   3. Josephine Fincher HOWELL,   b. Aug 18 1923,   d. Jan 30 2008 ▻ Robert? ALFORD;   Joe MARQUIS   4. John Fincher HOWELL,   b. Aug 2 1926, Cleveland, Bolivar County, MS ,   d. Feb 8 1965, Sherman, Grayson County, TX  (Age 39 years) ▻ Gwendolyn WESTBROOK
  Person ID	I121	Steeles_Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Francis Allen HOWELL,   b. Aug 26 1878, Black Hawk, Carroll County, MS ,   d. Feb 29 1940, Jackson, MS
  Mother	Johnnie FINCHER,   b. Oct 1 1890, Black Hawk, Carroll County, Mississippi ,   d. Nov 17 1989, Jackson, MS
  Married	27 1911 December 27
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gwendolyn WESTBROOK
  Married	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Allen HOWELL,   b. Yes, date unknown   2. J'Lynn HOWELL
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2013
  Family ID	F39	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Austin College Professor John Howell Dies At 38 Dr. John Fincher Howell, 38, of 607 N. Less, associate professor of biology at Austin College and six-year resident of Sherman, died at 4:20 p.m. Monday (8 February 1965) in a Sherman hospital. Funeral arrangements are being made by the Thweatt Funeral Home in Dr. Howell's birthplace, Cleveland, Miss. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Howell of Vicksburg, Miss. He married Gwendolyn Westbrook in Shelby, Miss. On April 2, 1948. Dr. Howell's early schooling was at Cleveland, Miss., and he later graduated from Delta State University and his master's degree from Louisiana State University and his doctorate from the University of Florida. He received fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the University of Florida Graduate Council and College of Arts and Sciences, and the National Institute of Health. Dr. Howell served with the U. S. Navy during World War II and in the Navy Reserve Training program 1943 to 1956. He was a member of the Wesley Methodist Church of Gainesville, Fla. He is survived by his wife and his mother of Vicksburg, Miss., a son, Allen Leigh of Sherman; J'Lynn Howell of Sherman; and two sisters, Mrs. Joe Marquis, of Vicksburg, Miss., and Mrs. F. M. Steele, Jr., of Jackson, Miss. ************************ Cleveland Services Today for Educator Cleveland, Miss. Feb, 9, 1965 Services for Dr. John Fincher Howell, a former Cleveland resident who was professor of biology at Austin College in Sherman, Texas will be Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Thweatt Funeral Home here. Burial will be in New Cleveland cemetery. Dr. Howell, who was 38, died in Sherman Monday after a long illness. Born in Cleveland, he was graduated from Delta State College here, received his M.S. degree from Louisiana State University, and was awarded his Ph.D. degree from the University of Florida. He taught schools at Shaw, Miss. and Alachua, Fla. before going to the Texas college. In 1964, he was granted a leave of absence to do research in physiology at th University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was a member of Pi Kappa Pi, Pi Sigma, biological society, Sigma XI and was a National Science Foundation fellow in 1955. He was a member of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences and the Louisiana Academy of Sciences as well as the American Society of Limmology and Oceanography. An expert in marine life, he had published articles and reports in numerous scientific journals. He was a veteran of World War II and was a Methodist. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Gwendolyn Westbrook Howell of Sherman: his mother, Mrs. F. A. Howell; a daughter, J'Lynn Howell of Sherman; a son, Allen Howell of Sherman; and two sisters, Mrs. Jack Steele, Jr. of Jackson, Miss. and Mrs. Joe Marquis of Vicksburg, Miss.