Lily Myrle Howell

Funeral services for Lily Myrle Howell, age 89, will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, April 13, 2023, in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory with Rev. Randy Adams officiating. Interment will follow in Northview Cemetery.

Ms. Howell was born on April 15, 1933, in Denton, Georgia. She was a retired sewing machine operator for Carters in Sandersville. She was preceded in death by her parents L.L. and Hazel McKenzie Keene, her husband Charles W. Howell, two sons Ronnie Bruce Howell and Charles Otis Howell and her siblings Dorothy Mae Newsome, Rita Hadden, Betty Sue Baker, and Kenneth Keene. Ms. Howell passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2023, at Fairview Park Hospital.

She is survived by her son Tommy Lee Howell of Wrightsville, three sisters Lillie Joyce of East Dublin, Sarah Cook of East Dublin, and Bonnie Porto of Juliette, brother Edward (Sandra) Keene of Gray, grandchildren Steven (Roxanna) Howell, Samantha Howell (Adam) Denham, Marie Howell Adams, Michael (Samantha) Howell, Mitchell Howell, Michelle (Brent) Herndon, Wes (Mandi) Howell, Jason Howell, and Kristy (Charles) Gregory, 27 great-grandchildren, 7 great-great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Page Howell, Gage Howell, Chris Howell, Corey Howell, Zack Howell and Will Newsome.

Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory/Dublin Chapel has charge of funeral arrangements.