Funeral service for Clara Nell Maples Howell, 90, will be Friday, February 3, 2017 at 3:00 PM at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with some of her family members speaking and Peck Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Jones Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, February 3, 2017 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Howell died on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at her residence. She was born in Massey, Alabama on March 27, 1926, to Clyde and Ruth Jones Maples. Clara Nell attended Windes School, Burleson School and Falkville High School, where she graduated in 1944. She then attended Florence State College, Emory University, Sacred Heart College and Saint Bernard College. She was employed with Citizen’s Bank as a teller, at International Tractor as a bookkeeper, as a Kindergarten Teacher at her home and developed her own business,” Simplicities in Clay”. As an artist, she fashioned oil paintings, designed many works of multiple medium art, but her passion developed in the form of hand shaping clay into nativities and various original art forms. She loved using the natural world around her which evolved into her business, “Simplicities in Clay”. She served her church by leading christian education classes where she brought an appreciation of God’s creation through the eyes of a naturalist. Her dedication to preserving family history through research, cemetery visits, interviews, and organizing family history books will be valued for generations. The family would like to offer “special thanks” to our long-time caregivers; Emily Jones and Velta Mason. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister: Mary Ruth Townsend.
Survivors include :
her Husband, Simeon L Howell, Jr.
Two Daughters:
Anna Howell Henderson (Paul), Falkville, AL and
Julia Howell Haynes, Slidell, LA
One Sister:
Rachel King, Leighton, AL
Five Grandchildren:
Jason (Bridgette), Jonathan (Allison), Joshua,
Forrest and Patterson.
Five Great Grandchildren:
Brantleigh, Bowden, Preston, Caroline and Brittain.
Pallbearers will be James Simeon Henderson, Jonathan Paul Henderson, Joshua Paige Henderson, Forrest Gerald Haynes, Patterson Howell Haynes, Paul Glenn Henderson, Steven Michael Howell and Robert Malcolm Howell.
In lieu of flowers: memorials may be made to H
