Denise Faye Howard

A public viewing will be conducted from 9:00 a.m. until funeral time at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at Jones Funeral Home chapel, 230 S. Hollywood Road in Houma. (Seating will be limited to immediate family only - 25% capacity of chapel). Burial will follow in the New Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.

She is survived by her sons, Everette (Cherish Allen) and Shane Howard (Aliceson Adams); daughter, Courtney Riley Carter; fourteen grandchildren; father, Henry Riley (Denise); brothers, Cyreal Brown and Lucas Riley; sisters, Deborah Brown, Margarite Jones (Bruce, Sr.) and Sandra Brown; companion, Philip Cleveland; and a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Maudgie Lee Williams Riley; paternal grandparents, Joseph, Sr. and Ruth Tyler Riley; maternal grandparents, Sam and Sylvia Williams Brown; and son-in-law, Roger Carter, Jr.

Arrangements entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Houma.