Services for Debra Jean Howard,53, of Wichita, Kansas will be held at Mass-Hinitt Funeral Chapel, Friday, June 21, 2002, 10:00 a.m. Rev. Audrey Toombs of the Second Missionary Baptist Church,and Elder Paul J. Pearson of the Abundance of Life Cathedral of Praise Church of God in Christ in Topeka, KS. Debra died June 17, 2002 at Lakewood Heights Nursing Center, Wichita, Kansas. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, June 20, 2002 at Mass-Hinitt Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery, Junction City, Kansas. Memorial Contributions may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 250 S. Laura, Wichita, Kansas 67211. Debra was born December 11, 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas to Robert and Ruth Marie (Stonewall) Howard. She graduated from Junction City High School in 1966. She did leatherwork for Sheppler's Western wear store, and work for Boeing Aircraft in Wichita.
She was a member of the Second Missionary Baptist Church in Junction
City, KS. and also the MS Support Groups in Manhattan and Wichita. Survivors: Father: Robert Howard, Dixon, MO.; Two Sisters: Carla Pearson, Topeka,
Kansas, and Nichole Howard of MO, she was preceded in death By: Mother: Ruth Marie Howard.Casket Bearers: Harrison Black, David White, Mark Turner, Jerry Boyd, Jr., Silas Smith,Isaac Herman Pettway,Honorary Casket Bearers: Brian Whisenhunt, Frank Estell Organist: Frances Clark