Viola Irene Howell

ASHEVILLE - VIOLA IRENE HOWELL, 63, OF 20 GOODWILL STREET, DIED THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF MADISON COUNTY. SHE HAD RESIDED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR MOST OF HER LIFE AND WAS A DEVOTED HOMEMAKER. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GASTON BURLIN BROWN AND ANNIE BEASLEY BROWN AND WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, CHARLES REED CALDWELL. SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND, MARVIN LEE HOWELL OF THE HOME; DAUGHTER, SHARON THOMASON OF LANDRUM, S.C.; SONS, DAVID CALDWELL OF WEAVERVILLE, DANNY CALDWELL OF WOODFIN AND ALAN SPROUSE OF ENKA; SISTER, RUBY FRADY OF MARION AND 11 GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 2 P.M. SATURDAY IN THE CHAPEL OF ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. LARRY SPROUSE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN ASHELAWN GARDENS OF MEMORY.