Obituary of Letha Mae Howard

Funeral services for Letha Mae Mapp Howard, age 85, of Roanoke will be held on Friday, July 24, 2015, at 1:00 PM from Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Rev. Shannon Mapp officiating. Burial will follow at Wehadkee Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00-8:00 PM on Thursday, July 23, 2015. Mrs. Howard passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at Roanoke Health Care. Survivors include: one daughter, Mae Dean Burks (husband, Jimmy) of Roanoke; two sons, Wilford Yates Howard (wife, Brenda) of Carrollton, GA, and Lon Glenn Howard (wife, Susan) of Roanoke; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one sister, Marie Gray of Roanoke; and one brother, Jerry Mapp of Wadley. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Howard was born on November 2, 1929, the daughter of Emory and Rosie Lee Fincher Mapp. She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and worked as a sewing machine operator for Palm Beach. Mrs. Howard was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Holley Yates Howard; and six brothers, Billy, Joe, Richard, Ernest, Oneal, and Benny Mapp; and two sisters, Sara Norred and Hazel Owens.