Joseph D. Howell Jr.
March 30, 1918 ~ September 10, 2010
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Asheville, NC
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J. D. HOWELL, JR.
ASHEVILLE - Joseph D. Howell, Jr., 92, formerly of 40 Clarendon Road, Malvern Hills, died Friday, September 10, 2010.
Mr. Howell was born in Asheville and was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Dunning Howell, Sr., and Pearl Mallonee Howell, his wife, Florine Butler Howell, who died in 1982, and a sister, Mrs. Frank Householder.
Mr. Howell was a graduate of Christ School and attended UNC Asheville. He joined the Army in 1942 and served with the 1715th Signal Service Battalion. During WWII he was stationed in Australia, New Guinea and Dutch East Indies. He participated in the Battle of Leyte (Philippines) and the Bicol Campaign in Luzon, Philippines. He also served in Okinawa and in August, 1945, he was flown into Japan to help establish communications.
Following his military service he worked for the railroad and for Railway Express before retiring in 1975. He then volunteered with the Democrat Men's Club and was a benefactor for many people who were starting their careers. J.D. was always willing to help people on any way he could.
He was a member of VFW Post 891, the Democrat Men's Club, the Railroad Retirement Association, and Trinity United Methodist Church.
Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Ashelawn Mausoleum with the Reverend Rodney Hagans officiating.
Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 587 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806.
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My condolences to the family of my boyhood friend, J.D.Howell,Jr. We were friends in the 1930s when his mother, father and sister lived across the street from the Colins family, on Druid Drive, in West Asheville. May God, in His infinite mercy, bless us all.
J. D. will be missed he was a good neighbor.
Malvern Hills Community Club
J. D. was a good friend and neighbor. I will miss him.
Linda Purcell
2 Clarendon Road
I want to express my sympathy to the family of J.D. Howell. Ironically, my late husband, Bill Maney, and J.D. surprisingly ran into each other in Australia when they were stationed there during WWII. Years later, J.D. and his wife became our next door neighbors. Many years later, these two elderly gentlemen were in the Baptist Retirement Home at the same time and passed away within three weeks of each other. J.D. was a fine man.