Charlie Howard
Posted: March 6, 2020
COLUMBUS — Charlie Howard, 74, died Feb. 26, 2020. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at St. John Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Howard was born March 18, 1945, in Carrollton, Alabama, to the late Rev. Phillip and Bessie Howard. He was a graduate of Pickens County Training School. He was a veteran of the United States Army. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Herbert and Herman Howard; and sister Katie Howard. He is survived by his wife, Alice Mae; children, Charlotte Opal Howard, Demarico Dewayne Howard and Gerald Richard Howard; step-son, Tony Richey; siblings, Roy Howard, John Howard, Joseph Howard, Lula Muhammad and Willie Howard; and nine grandchildren.