Rose Bud Howell
Jan. 18, 1910-Dec. 4, 1987
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, December 5, 1987, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library
Rose Bud Howell, 77, 6418 Deans Hill Road, Berrien Center and formerly of Niles, died Friday at 2:37 p.m. at Berrien General Hospital following an extended illness.
She was born Jan. 18, 1910 in Yazoo City, Miss. and lived in Niles since 1979 coming from Memphis, Tenn.
She was a retired seamstress and a member of the Franklin AME Church in Niles. She married Caleb Howell March 14, 1928 in Shelby County, Tenn. He died in 1949.
Survivors include five sisters, Mrs. Bennie Brown, Ethel Childress and Mrs. Pinkie Reed, all of Niles; Gertrude Bell of Clevland, Ohio and Margaret Branch of Memphis.
Services are Tuesday at 11 am. at the Franklin AME Church. Burial will be in Silverbook Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Halbritter Funeral Home. Memorials may be given to the Franklin AME Church.