Henry A. "Mickey" Howe, 67, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, at St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark.

Born May 16, 1938, in Denton, Mo., son of Wilma Nunnery Howe and the late William Alf Howe, he was a graduate of Arkansas State University and was the owner of Howe Grain Company. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Steele, Mo.

On May 27, 1960, in Helena, Ark., he married Vivian "Vickey" Herrington, who preceded him in death on Aug. 14, 2003.

Survivors include one daughter, Sharree Kelm and husband, Brian, of Kennett; two sons, Shawn and Shane Howe, both of Goose Creek, S.C.; three sisters, Daphna Williams and husband, Clarence, and Stella Griffin and husband, Glenn, all of Steele, and Ruth Ann Dailey, of Malvern, Ark.; his mother, Wilma Howe, of Steele and one grandson, Dylan Howe, of Caruthersville.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at the John W. German Funeral Home Chapel in Steele with Brothers' Charles Faught and Clarence Cornish officiating.

Burial was in the Pemiscot Memorial Gardens at Caruthersville.

Pallbearers were Brian Kelm, Todd Mays, Jason Ward, Michael Williams, Chad Dailey and Brian Brown.