Obituaries 04-18-24
MARVIN DENNIS HOWARD
Nov. 13, 1950-April 9, 2024
Funeral services for Marvin Dennis Howard, 73, of Meadville, were
conducted on Saturday, April 13, 2024 from Mt. Zion Baptist Church in
Smithdale.
Born in Covington, Ken., on Nov. 13, 1950 to Marvin and Hilma Howard, he
graduated from California State University (Sacramento), earning a
Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. Later, he earned a Master of
Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary before pastoring
Mt. Zion Baptist Church for nearly 41 years as well as ministering to
many others in Franklin County and beyond.
He died on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Susan Howard; his siblings and
their respective spouses, Deonna and Peter Tanchi, Debbie and Roger
Fleischer and Denise and Mark Strother; his sister-in-love, Junko Miura;
his daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Cody Cunningham; his son and
daughter-in-law, Matthew and Marlee Howard; his daughter-in-law,
Jennifer Howard; and his grandchildren, Conner and Caroline Howard,
Josiah, Charlotte and Levi Cunningham and Harper, Jonathan, James and
Caleb Howard.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Jason Dennis
Howard.
Memorials may be made to the Franklin Baptist Association Thrift Store
Ministries.
An online guestbook can be signed at www.franklinfh.com.
Franklin Funeral Home of Meadville was in charge of arrangements.
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