This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Howell, Johnson, Cook, Tackett, Bittinger Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GZB.2ACI/966 Message Board Post: Vernon Howell obituary, The Floyd County Times, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Wednesday, 15 June 2005, page A6. Vernon Howell, 48, of Plain City, Ohio, formerly of Wayland, died Friday, June 10, 2005, at Plain City, Ohio. Born March 16, 1957, in Martin, he was the son of the late Noah and Mamie Johnson Howell. He was a disabled carpenter. Survivors include a daughter, Ciera Michele Sines Howell of Plain City, Ohio; four brothers: Earlis Cook (Georgetta) and Corbett Howell (Gladys), both of Wayland, Calvin Howell (Janet) of Garrett, and Virgil Howell (Terry Lynn, deceased) of Garrett; a sister, Loretta Tackett (John) of Pike County; is fiancee, Joe Ellen Bittinger of Plain City, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, June 14, at 10 a.m., at the Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home, in Marti, with Jimmy Hall (Little Rosa Regular Baptist), and Red Morris (Martin Branch Freewill Baptist), officiating. Burial was in the Boyd Cemetery, at Hi Hat, under the direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home. Visitation was at the funeral home.