Carrie Howard

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Carrie Aileen Smallwood Howard, 77 of Somerset, died on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital following a long illness.

She was born on Tuesday, May 10, 1932 in Waynesburg to Joda Smallwood, Sr., and Mabel (and Moore) Smallwood. Carrie was a military wife for 26 years, enjoyed fishing, playing penny-ante poker, and a champion bowler in San Antonio, Texas. She enjoyed her children and grandchildren and recently held her 6 month old grandson.

Carrie was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Jeffrey W. Howard; and two brothers, Joda "Bert" Smallwood, Jr. and Billy Joe Smallwood.

Carrie is survived by her husband, to whom she wed on February 2, 1954, James M. Howard of Somerset; a son Mark S. Howard (and his wife Millie) of Ashburn, Virginia; a daughter Denise A. Troxell (and her husband Vince) of Somerset; four grandchildren, Matthew D. Howard, Heather A. Kiefer, Kathryn A. Howard and Robbin M. Toumberlin; a great-grandson Wyatt Dawson Kiefer; sisters Wanda Jean Johnson of London; and Bonnie Smallwood of Waynesburg.

A remembrance of Life Service will be held at 1 p.m., today at Barnett & Demrow Funeral Home, Waynesburg with Bro. Delmer Gross officiating.

Burial will be in KP Hall Cemetery.

Visitation was held Monday, December 7.

Guestbook and Video Tribute available at www.barnett-demrow.com.

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