Sara Howell 1928-2016

Funeral services for Sara Annette Howell, 88, of Wills Point, were held Thursday, May 5, 2016, at Calvary Baptist Church in Wills Point with Dr. Gene Lindsey officiating.  Interment followed at White Rose Cemetery in Wills Point under the direction of Allan Fuller Funeral Home in Wills Point.

Ms. Howell died Sunday night, May 1, 2016, in Canton. 

She was born Jan. 23, 1928, in the Center Community north of Wills Point at the family farm with the late Dr. H.T. Fry in attendance.  She was the first born child to Robert Wade Howell and Carrie Banks Norwood Howell. 

She graduated from Wills Point High School in 1944 and attended Rutherford Business School in Dallas.  Her first job was in the Post Exchange Office.  In 1946, she began working for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in the Dallas accounting office.  Later, she was transferred to Wills Point to open a business office. 

Wills Point had grown and the operators were no longer able to collect bills and take service orders.  With the growth after Lake Tawakoni was completed, Wills Point records and she were moved to Terrell. 

In June1982, the Terrell office closed and she retired after 35 years and eight months of service.  After retirement, she worked part-time for 12 years at the Wills Point Chamber of Commerce.  Sara was an investor at Allan Fuller Funeral Home and she started helping in the office when it opened in 1996.  She enjoyed coming to work in the afternoons, doing whatever she could to help out.  She still played an important role at the funeral home up until the last few months, when she was no longer able to come.  She was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and a Charter member of Calvary Baptist Church.   

She is preceded in death by her parents, Wade and Carrie Howell; grandparents, H. Blount and Lela B. Howell and J. Allie and Sarah Kay Norwood; brother and sister-in-law, Robert Norwood “Buddy” and Patricia “Pat” Howell; brother-in-law, D.L. Fuller; nephew, Bobby Gene Howell; niece, Sara Ann Fuller and her niece’s husband, Bryan Henson.

She is survived by her sister, Allye Frances Fuller of Wills Point; two nephews, Allan Fuller and wife, Darlane of Wills Point and Selby Fuller of Wills Point; two nieces, Marilyn Henson of Commerce and Mary Garner and husband, Bill of Austin; five great-nephews, Shane Fuller and wife, Rachel of Wills Point, Bryan Henson and wife, Leigh-Ann of Waco, Wade Henson and wife, Megan of Austin, Cody Garner of Austin and Rusty Knouss of Austin; three great-nieces, Tami Adams and husband, Josh of Wills Point, Holly Nutt and husband, Chris of Campbell and Camille Fuller of Houston; great-great-nephew, Cade Adams, of Wills Point; great-great nieces, Kilynn Fuller, of Wills Point, Landri Fuller of Wills Point, Stella Nutt of Campbell, Breelyn Adams, of Wills Point and Heidi Henson of Waco; special friend and caretaker, Dorthy Dillard of Wills Point and other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers were Shane Fuller, Bryan Henson, Wade Henson, Chris Nutt, Josh Adams and Cade Adams.

Honorary pallbearers were deacons at Calvary Baptist Church

Allan Fuller Funeral Home www.allanfullerfuneralhome.com.