Howard Wilson Crowell, 88, died Monday, October 19, 2009, at Wayne Care Nursing Home in Waynesboro. Services were held 1 p.m. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Neal Funeral Home in Lawrenceburg with Ron Jones officiating. Burial followed in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Lawrence County with full military honors. He was a native of Hohenwald, an army veteran of World War II, was retired from Murray Inc., and was a Methodist. He was preceded in death by parents Jim and Ollie Pollock Crowell and wife Pauline Lyell Crowell. Survivors include daughter Juanita Staggs of Waynesboro, son David Crowell of Lawrenceburg, sisters Florence Rameriz and Roxie Davis of Hohenwald, brother Boyce Crowell of Batesville, Mississippi; three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews.