Harriett Howell

Born on June 20, 1921

Departed on January 28, 2014

age 92, passed away with her family at her bedside on January 28, 2014, at Vanderbilt University Hospital.
Louise was a native of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland County, England.
She was born to Louis and Isabell Butterworth on
June 20, 1921. She was wed to Joseph Benton Howell, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, in October of 1945 in Birmingham, Alabama.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1991, parents, sister Straphine Butterworth Puttock, and brother William of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, and her brother Stanley Butterworth of Paris, France. She was also preceded in death by her grandson Benton Turner Howell of Anniston, Alabama.
She is survived by her two sons, Joseph Benton Howell II and wife Lark of Anniston, Alabama, and Trevor Wayne Howell and wife Karen of Nashville, Tennessee.
She is survived by four granddaughters, (Mrs.) Lesley Ann Howell Owen (Brandon), Marie Louise Howell,
Mary Fowler Butterworth Howell, all of Nashville, Tennessee, and Lauren Lanelle Howell Gee of Anniston, Alabama, now of Cincinnati, Ohio. She is also survived by three great-grandsons, Howell, Elliott and Louis Owen of Nashville, Tennessee.
Mrs. Howell, or "Granna" as she was affectionately called, was educated at the Mayfield School in London, England. During World War II, she served as an encryption specialist for the British Admiralty Department in Washington, D.C.
Having lived in Nashville since 2001, she spent most of her years in Mobile, Alabama, where she was a founding member of ST. Mark Methodist Church, a choir member and president of the Women's Society of Christian Service. While a resident of Nashville, she was a docent at Cheekwood and member of the English Speaking Union. An avid fisherperson, tennis and bridge player, she was also an exceptional portrait artist. Loved by many, Granna, who had the gift of English dry wit, was an inspiration to animal and art lovers, and was respected by those who live out their own truth.
Gifts and memorials are to be made in memory of Louise B. Howell to: The Elephant Sanctuary, P. O. Box 393,
27 East Main Street, Hohenwald, TN 38462; www.elephants.com or to Cheekwood 1200 Forrest Park Drive Nashville, TN 37205 www.cheekwood.org
Visitation will be held at First Baptist Church of Nashville, Tennessee, on February 1, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. and services at 3:00 p.m. with Pastor Brandon Owen officiating.