Elma Lois Melton Howard

Elma Lois Melton Howard, of Lancing, Tennessee died Wednesday. She was a member of The Lord’s Church in Lancing. The funeral service will be Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at the chapel of Schubert Funeral Home at Wartburg. John Hollingsworth and Jerry Carmichael will officiate and burial will follow in Kubley Cemetery at Lancing. The family will receive friends Friday evening at Schubert Funeral Home in Wartburg from 6-8:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents; Walter Ray Melton and Armilda Katherine (Millie) Potter Melton, her Husband; Ernest Howard, Sons; Ernest Junior, Leonard and James Howard, Grandson; Richard Howard; and Siblings; Emerson, Edward and Arthur Melton and Emily McCormick. She is survived by children; Juanita Watson of Lancing, Rebecca and husband Jim McCormick of Smithville, Lucinda and husband Richard Maden , Melvin and wife Ruby Howard of Lancing, Royal and wife Retta Howard of Gordonsville, Rose and husband Tom Benzenhafer of Wartburg. Daughters-in-law; Wanda Howard of Jamestown and Lucretia Howard of Franklin, Kentucky. Siblings; Ola Melton and Nina Watson of Lancing and Roy Melton of Middlesboro, Kentucky. Twenty two grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren, 8 great-great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. Schubert Funeral Home at Wartburg is in charge of the arrangements