Mary "Cricket" Ellen (Cox) Howell

Mary began her career in Textiles and then later found her calling of being a Caregiver. Mary truly enjoyed every moment spent taking care of others. She did it with a gentleness and a respect like no other.

She was a life-time member of Riverwood Worship Center (formerly W. Second Pentecostal Holiness Church) where she served in the choir.

But most of all, Mary loved her family and cherished them above all else.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in passing by her husband, Johnny E. Howell; sons, Randall Eugene Howell and Roger Glen Howell; brother, Harold Cox; sisters, Jeanette Cox Bryant, Betty Cox Hogue and June Lineberger Price.

Mary is survived by her daughter, Phyllis Howell Hoosier and husband Lynn; son, Russell Howell and wife Tammy; grandchildren, Bill Meek and wife Heather, John Meek and wife Jerri, Randall Howell and wife Sara, Robert Howell and wife Hannah, Timothy Howell, Megan Hoosier, Michael Hoosier, and Stephen Hoosier and wife Jenna; 12 great grandchildren; and sister, Linda Lineberger Hodges and husband T Wayne Hodges.

A visitation will be held from 12:00 pm until 1:00 pm on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at Carothers Funeral Home at Gaston Memorial Park with the funeral service beginning at 1:00 pm. A committal service will immediately follow at Gaston Memorial Park.

The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Riverwood Worship Center, 1425 Neal Hawkins Road, Gastonia, NC 28056.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.carothersfuneralhomegastonia.com.

The staff of Carothers Funeral Home at Gaston Memorial Park is honored to serve the Howell Family.