Raymond Howard Sr.

Visitation will be held from 8:00 AM until Celebration of Life at 10:00 AM on Saturday, August 10, 2024 at. Mt. Olive Baptist Church 3076 W. Main Gray, Louisiana. Burial will follow in the Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery.

Raymond is survived by his two sons, Raymond Wayne Howard of Dayton, OH., and Bobbie Howard (Rose) of Houma, LA.; four daughters, Brenda White of Gray, LA., Norma Jean Howard of Baton Rouge, LA and Gwendolyn Monette of Plano TX and Gisele Smith of Houma, La; seventeen grandchildren, twenty-seven great grandchildren, five great-great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ruben and Emily Boseman Howard; his wife, Ruby Francis Howard; son, Ronald Warren Howard, Sr.; daughter, Cynthia Elaine Howard; eight brothers; Henry, Ruben, Joseph, Chester, Samuel, Clarence, Clifton and Wilbert, six sisters; Jane, Maggie, Rosie, Alberta and Emily and Armetter, two grandchildren; Askia Celestine and AKeem Howard.