Leamon “Dickie” Howard – of Wilmer, born July 18, 1933, went to be with the Lord November 26, 2012. Mr. Howard was a member of the Mobile Country Music Association. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eugene Howard and Annie Lena Parnell, Howard Sullivan; his daughter, Karen Lynn “Sissy” Sweetser; sisters, Bessie Singleton and Fannie Whatley; and brother, Charles “Billy” Howard. He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Polly Howard; devoted sons, Carl Leamon Howard and William Eugene “Buster” Howard; grandson, Michael Even Sweetser; great-grandson, Kaleb Evan Sweetser, all of Wilmer, AL; one brother, Eugene Howard, Jr., Tibbie, AL; four sisters, Evelyn Tucker, Saraland, AL, Jeannie Howard, Tibbie, AL, Betty Jo Presnall, Jackson, AL and Shirley Bazor, Tibbie, AL; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 29, 2012, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Radney Funeral Home in Saraland. The family will receive friends beginning at 12 p.m. prior to services. Interment will be in Valhalla Memorial Gardens.