Posted by Terry Powers on December 21, 2022:

KERNERSVILLE - Mrs. LaVerne Walters Howell, 87, passed away December 3, 2011. She was born November 29, 1924 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, to the late Benjamin and Gertrude Calhoun Walters. Mrs. Howell was a very thoughtful, loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She proudly & devotedly supported her Air Force Pilot husband in all that he did. LaVerne was a girl scout leader and a Gray Lady as a volunteer at Misawa Airbase, Japan. She was a Champion egg dipper for the First Presbyterian Church of Kernersville egg makers. Surviving family include her husband Robert William Howell; daughters Linda Childers and husband David of Mt. Holly, NC and Susan Jayson and husband Linc of Charlotte, NC; grandchildren Robert Childers and wife Kristy, Meghan Elting and husband Robert, Valerie Cothran and husband Drew and Jennifer McGowen and husband Davis; and one great-granddaughter Ada Leigh McGowen. A memorial service with be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 8, 2011 at the First Presbyterian Church in Kernersville with Rev. Clark Vincent Officiating. The Family will receive friends following the service at the church. Memorials may be made to Community Home Care and Hospice 225 Davie Avenue Statesville, NC 28677. Winston-Salem Journal (NC) December 7, 2011

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