Ms. Marjorie Griffin Howard age 96, passed away Sunday March 11, 2018. Ms. Howard was born October 31, 1921, in Nashville, Tennessee to the late Joseph Michael Howard, and Ida Griffin Howard. She was retired from the Southern Baptist Convention.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother Joe Howard, and a nephew Mike Howard. Surviving are her niece Allene Newton ( Lonnie), nephew Jon Howard (Susan), great nephew Carter Newton (Michele), great nieces Morgan Newton, Miriam Sullivan, and Ashley Sullivan.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held Friday March 16, 2018, at two o'clock in the afternoon at the Mount Olivet Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Historic Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Friday from one o'clock in the afternoon until the hour of the service at the Historic Mount Olivet Funeral Home & Cemetery.