R.D. married D.K. Easterling [Group Sheet]

1. Robert Dale Howland, Jr. was born 15 Feb 1971, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA; died 3 Jul 2023, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA.
2. M.L. Howland

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Robert Lee Howland, 93, of Big Spring, TX, died Monday March 6, 2023 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Friday, March 10, 2023 at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Thursday, March 9, 2023 at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home.

Robert was born January 27, 1930 in Red River County, TX to the late Roy J. and Zelma Mae (Tucker) Howland. He married Joy (McNew) Howland on December 17, 1949. They have been married for nearly 74 years.

Robert possessed a deep rooted work ethic and was known to be an especially hard worker. In his youth he worked at Hobbs Lumber & Supply in Hobbs, New Mexico where he became the yard foreman. He also worked as a ranch hand and ranch foreman prior to starting his welding business. He worked for many years in the welding field working for farms and in the oil field. He was particularly skilled at welding farm equipment. A true cowboy he enjoyed rodeos, old westerns on TV and his horses. He especially loved the dogs that were his companion over the years. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church, Big Spring. A devoted husband, father and grandfather, he loved the time spent with family.

Robert is survived by his wife, Joy; his son, Robert D. "Skip" Howland and his wife Kay; his grandson, Robert D. "Bo" Howland Jr. and his wife Kerri; his granddaughter, Michelle Lee Crenshaw and her husband Shannon; his great-grandchildren, Cody, Shawna, Oden, Skipper, and Xander; his great-great-granddaughter, Aubrey; his brother, Jerry Howland; his sister, Maggie Mikus; and numerous nieces and nephews, extended family members and friends.

In addition to his parents, Robert was preceded in death by his brothers, James, and Wayne; and his sisters, Lucy, and Mattie.

Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home and Crematory. Online condolences may be made at www.npwelch.com

(Published by Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home of Big Spring, TX)

Robert — Joy Lee McNew. Joy (daughter of R. X. McNew and Lillie Ruth McGuire) was born 11 Dec 1933, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA; died 10 Feb 2024, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA; was buried 13 Feb 2024, Trinity Memorial Park - Big Spring, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Joy Lee Howland was born in Big Spring, Texas on December 11th, 1933. February 10, 2024 Joy went to join her host of loved ones that had gone before her. She is now joined with her husband of 74 years Robert Howland who passed away on March 6th, 2023, and grandson Robert Howland Jr. on July 3, 2023.

Joy was also preceded in death by her parents RX McNew and Lillie Ruth McNew, 4 brothers and one sister.

Joy is survived by one son Robert D. Howland and wife Kay of Big Spring. Granddaughter Michelle Crenshaw and husband Shannon of Big Spring and several great grandchildren; three sisters Carolyn Rodgers, Barbara Clark and husband Danny of Big Spring, and Sharron and Bob Husson of Dallas.

Joy was a lifelong member of Trinity Baptist Church in Big Spring.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home.

Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home and Crematory. Online condolences can be made at www.npwelch.com.

(Published by Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home of Big Spring, TX)

R. married Lillie Ruth McGuire 17 Oct 1932, Humble City, Lea County, New Mexico, USA. Lillie was born 29 Nov 1916, Hamilton, Hamilton County, Texas, USA; died 29 Dec 2000, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA; was buried 2 Jan 2001, Mount Olive Cemetery - Big Spring, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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BIG SPRING - Lillie "Ruth" McNew, 84, of Luther died Friday, Dec. 29, 2000, in a local hospital.

Service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Baptist Church with burial in Mount Olive Cemetery. Arrangements are by Myers & Smith Funeral Home.

She was born Nov. 29, 1916, in Hamilton. She was a homemaker, a Baptist and a member of Rebekah Lodge.

Survivors include her husband, R.X. McNew of Luther; three sons, Rex McNew of Gonzales, Bobby McNew of Navasota and Billy McNew of Athens; five daughters, Joy Howland of Big Spring, Jean Crowder of Navasota, Carolyn Rodgers of Big Spring, Sharron Husson of Sassy and Barbara Clark of Coahoma; a sister, Cora Lee Jernigan of Abilene; 26 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

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Roy W. McNew, Longtime County Farmer, Rancher

Roy Wayne McNew, rancher and farme rin this county since 1903, died at 8:15 a.m. Sunday, following an illness of two years and hospitalization since August.

He was born March 22, 1894 in Denton and moved to Howard County in 1903. He married the former Delia Hamlin Aug. 22, 1914 in this county, and they marked their 50th wedding anniversary in 1964. He was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife; one son, R.X. McNew, Luther; four daughters, Mrs. Ethel Mae McCracken, Stanton; Mrs. Bonnie Ruth Bennett, Mrs. Callie Bennett and Mrs. Gertrude McCann, all of Big Spring; two brothers, Frank McNew, Knott; I.N. McNew, Big Spring; four sisters, Mrs. Jasper Cline, Mrs. Roy Williams, Mrs. Jack Nall, Mrs. Wylie Cline, all of Big Spring; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Trinity Baptist Church, with Rev. Claude N. Craven, pastor, officiating, with interment in the Trinity Memorial Park under the direction of Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home.

Pallbearers include Rodney Cline, Wayne McNew, Charles Williams, B.J. Williams, Clinton Hamlin, Robert Cline, William McNew, Rube McNew, Arthur McNew.

(Published in The Big Spring Herald on September 25, 1967)

Roy married Delia Luvenia Hamlin 22 Aug 1914, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA. Delia (daughter of Lehman Singleton Hamlin and Sarah Matilda Burleson) was born 21 Jan 1893, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas, USA; died 4 Apr 1985, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, USA; was buried 6 Apr 1985, Trinity Memorial Park - Big Spring, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs R.W. (Della) McNew, 92, died Thursday morning at her home following a lengthy illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church with Dr. Claude Craven, pastor, and Rev. Guy White, pastor at East Fourth Street Baptist Church, officiating.

Burial will be at Trinity Memorial Park.

She was born Jan. 21, 1893, in Gorman. She married Roy W. McNew Aug. 22, 1914, in Huto. He died Sept. 24, 1967.

She was a member of the Trinity Baptist Church and the Big Spring Rebekah Lodge No. 284. She attended college at Stepp. She also attended the Catholic convent in Stanton for one year because it was the only school in the county at that time.

She moved to Howard County in 1903 in a covered wago with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee S. Hamlin. they farmed and ranched north of Big Spring until 1936 when they moved to Big Spring.

Her daughter, Callie Bennett, was living with her at the time of her death.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, R.X. "Jack" McNew and Ruth McNew of Big Spring; three daughters, Callie Bennett; Mrs. Jeff (Bonnie) Skeen and Mrs. Dwight (Gerturde) McCann, all of Big Spring; one son-in-law, Byron McCracken of Big Spring; one brother, O.E. Hamlin of Big Spring; 14 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great grandchildren.

Other relatives include one daughter, Ethel Mae McCracken, who died Oct. 31, 1977; a granddaughter, Polly Clem, who died in July 1975; a grandson, Timothy Davidson, who died on Dec. 25, 1980, and one brother, M.L. Hamlin, deceased.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Rodgers, Robert Cline, William McNew, Rodney Cline, Danny Clark and Rube McNew.

(Published in The Big Spring Herald on April 5, 1985)