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DATE: Friday, August 19, 1994                TAG: 9408190520
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

SADIE S. HOWELL

Sadie Starling Smith Howell, 94, of Suffolk, died Aug. 18, 1994.

She was a native of Gates County, N.C., the daughter of the late Robert F. and Olivia Parker Smith. She was the widow of Leslar Woodson Howell.

Mrs. Howell was a member of Eure Christian Church, Eure, N.C., and was retired from A&P.

Survivors include six daughters, Ava H. Edmonds, Joyce H. Johnston, Faye H. Eure, all of Suffolk, Olivia H. Dew of Calera, Ala., Idalia H. Lilley of Williamston, N.C. and Laura H. Bryant of Matthews, N.C.; two sons, Hallett W. Howell and L. Lofton Howell, both of Suffolk; one sister, Etta S. Howell of Eure; and a brother, Harvey L. Smith of Suffolk.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Howell Family Cemetery, Gates County, N.C., by the Rev. Douglas Gibson. The family will receive friends at R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today and other times at 8441 Robbie Road, Suffolk.

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