RIPLEY – Virginia Lou Howell, 65, homemaker, died of heart failure Sunday at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Garner Funeral Home with burial in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Mrs. Howell, the wife of Billy C. Howell, also leaves three daughters, Debbie Howell Blankenship of Ripley, Carol Howell Montgomery of Tunica, Miss., and Patricia Ann Williams of Halls; a brother, William G. Williams of Madison, Ala., six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

OBITUARY OCTOBER 3rd, 2000 The Commercial Appeal