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FRIENDSOFTHE FAMILY 
 
March 8, 1914 
 
February 18, 1980 
 
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT: The family wishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation the 
many comforting messages, floral tributes, prayers and many other expressions of kindness and concern evidenced at this time in thought and deed. A more personal acknowledgment will be made at a later date. 
MAYS PRIHTINGCOMPANY 15850 LIVERNOIS 8611900 
 
RUTH A. HOWARD 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1980 AT 2:00P.M. 
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REV. KENNETH MOSLEY, Officiating 
 
 The Obituary 
For The Late 
RUTH HOWARD 
1lllrs. IWtlf lfnwarb was born in 
Nashville, Tennessee, March 8, 1914 to Eugene and Mary Bell Noel. 
She professed religion at an early age, joining Mt. Bethel Baptist Church. 
Ruth moved to Detroit in the early fifties. She was a very loving mother and sister. 
She leaves to mourn: a loving daughter, Annette Howard; two sisters, Mrs. Veta Wilson and Mrs. Mildred Noel; one brother, Sam Noel; one brother-in-law, Sandy Haymer; six nephews: Sandy Haymer, Jr., Thomas Noel, John Noel, Robert Burrell, James Burrell and Sgt. James Burrell; eight nieces: Mrs. Barbara Burrell, Sharon Wilson, Marcie Noel, Carol Noel, Debra Haymer, Lashawn Wilson, Charlene Irvin and Little Veta Wilson; one sister-in-law, Margaret Noel; one aunt, Mary West devoted cousins: Mrs. Cora Gibson, rs. Edna BQstic, Mrs. toga Gibon, Mrs. Genflie Gibson, Tina, Lisa, Anita. Gibson and Mary Clark; numerous other relatives and friends. 
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..The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the Name ofthe Lord. " 
Although I have left you in this life I have no more pain, struggles or strife, I have gone to a land where others have trod, A land where there is peace and contentment with God. So, please don 't cry, don 't worry or grieve, God knows what's best and He comforts the bereaved. 
 
The Order Of Service 
 
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Organ Prelude ........................ . 
 
Processional .......................... . 
 
Solo 
 
Leanard Mosley 
 
Scripture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Kenneth Mosley 
 
Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minister 
 
Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Felicia Bennett 
 
Acknowledgment of Cards, Telegrams and Condolences .................. . 
 
Remarks ............................. . 
 
Obituary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Ora Norwood 
 
Eulogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Kenneth Mosley Recessional ........................... . Organ Postlude ....................... . 
 
(Drivers in the Funeral Procession, please turn on headlights for safety.) 
 
"I am the rnurrtion, and the life: he tlutt belie~tlr in me, though he wrre dtt~d. yet shall he live: And wh~~r livetltand be 
lievetlr in me shall never die. " -St. Jol"' 11:1116