Kenneth Howard

JACKSON -- Kenneth Ray Howard, 58, died at 10:16 p.m. May 6, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Born Nov. 23, 1944, in Cape Girardeau, son of the late Dail and Louise Harper Howard, he was a real estate agent broker for Century 21 Heartland Realty in Jackson and member of Calvary Baptist Church in Chaffee. A U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War, he was a member of VFW Post 10495, American Legion Post 158 and Elks Lodge 409 in Jackson.

He was preceded in death by his stepmother.

Survivors include: two brothers, Larry Howard of Burfordville and Bill Howard of Sikeston; and two stepsisters, Mary Kay Smith and Linda Gosche of Cape Girardeau.

Visitation begins at 6 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, where services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Jack Bishop and Paul Sander will officiate.

Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.

Pallbearers will be: Tony Lape, Jack Maxwell, Van Smith, Ron Gosche, Noel Santos, Bill King and Larry Bollinger.