Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Howard L. Todd

SERVICES: THURSDAY, 
AUGUST 25, 2016
2:00 P.M.
MCCLAIN-HAYS CHAPEL

VISITATION: WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 24, 2016
5:00-8:00 P.M.

INTERMENT:
MARS HILL CEMETERY
WINSTON COUNTY

OFFICIATING:
REV. KEITH HALL
REV. LLOYD ADCOCK
MIKE LEWIS

Mr. Todd, 97, of Philadelphia, MS, died Monday, August 22, 2016, at Mississippi State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS.

He was a native of Winston County. He worked for Brown Lumber Company in Pell City, AL, and then served in the U. S. Navy Seabees in the Pacific Theater. Returning home, he worked for Winston County Beat 5 with road maintenance and later for Caperton Auto Supply in Louisville for 16 years. He later retired from Georgia Pacific Particle Board Plant where he had worked for several years. Mr. Todd was a member of First Church of God in Philadelphia.

Survivors include his daughter, Cindy Todd of Philadelphia, MS, sons, Bobby Joe Todd (Jo) of Louisville, MS, Donny Todd (Kay) of Louisville, MS, and Karey Todd of St. Louis, MO; grandchildren, Lisa Strickland, Dr. Misty Sharp (Jason) and Ginger Gorman (Shane); great-grandchildren, Blake (Emily), Missy (John), Brock, Todd, Parker, Griffin and Grant; great-great-grandchildren, John Cole and Paisley Rae; sister, Sybil Coward of Noxapater; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Mr. Todd was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Evon Todd, parents, Robert E. and Siddie Todd; sisters, Alma Norris and Gladys Taylor; and brother, James Edsel Todd.

In lieu of flowers family requests memorials be made to Mars Hill Cemetery Fund,
c/o Sewanna Watson, 11781 Hwy 19 N, Philadelphia, MS 39350.