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Matt had terrible eyesite in his later years and he would run the car into the gate of his driveway so over the years the gate got wider and wider and the car more dented. Ha! I never met Mr. Howell as he had passed on before Andy and I married but his grandmother Edna was a very gracious and religious person and always made me feel welcome in her home in Spur. Another story that Andy told on his grandfather that has been passed on down as family lore was when Matt was working on the Swenson ranch he was out building fence quite a distance from town. He had a horse and wagon and was working alone at the time. He was bitten by a rattlesnake on his thumb and since he did not want to die or get sick alone he took a hatchet and chopped off the thumb. Andy thought he was quite a tough old man and he loved him very much.Macey Madison HOWELL b. 1872 in Kentucky, d. 2, May 1952. marriage 20, Feb. 1900 to Edna Mae MCCLAIN the marriage license issued 15, Feb. 1900, Kent County Court House Records in Jayton, TX Edna Mae MCCLAIN b. 1881 place unknown d. 26, June 1965 in Spur, TX. Ednas father was Andrew Jackson MCCLAIN and her mother was Simmie A. ALDRIDGE
Submitted by Mrs. Andy (Madalyn) Fuqua
Death came to Macey Madison (Matt) Howell at 10:30 p.m., May 2, 1952. Funeral services under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home were held at 3 p.m. May 4, at the First Methodist Church in Spur with Rev. Cal Wright officiating.Interment was in the Spur Cemetery with Geo. Link, Jr., Walter Johnson, Bill Gregory, Richard Ensey, W.F. Gilbert and Jack Rector, pallbearers.
Howell came to Kent Co. [from Tenn.] in 1896 and married Edna May McClain in 1900. He joined the Methodist church in 1910 and spent a great portion of his life employed on the Spur Ranch and the Swenson Ranch.
Survivors include his wife, four daughters, Hester Cravy, Post; Carrie Evans, and Fannie Fuqua, Spur; and Mattie Klepper of Palo Dura; and one son, Clark of Winters; 1 brother, Charlie of Broken Arrow, OK, 14 grandchildren and 10 greats.
He was 79 at the time of his death.
©The Texas Spur, May 5, 1952
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
Funeral services were held Monday at 10 a.m. in the First Methodist Church for Mrs. Edna May Howell, 84. Rev. William D. McReynolds officiated.Mrs. Howell died June 26 in Spur Memorial Hospital. She was a member of the Methodist Church and had resided in the county since 1909 and in Spur since 1948.
Survivors include one son, Clark Howell, Abilene; four daughters, Mrs. Dick Cravey, Post; Mrs. Carrie Evans, Spur; Mrs. W.C. Klapper, Spur and Mrs. Alfred Fuqua, Spur; three sisters, Mrs. Joe Kenney, La Plata, NM; Mrs. Flora Stiles, Farmington, NM; Mrs. Lura Rhodes, McClean; three brothers, O.A. and Porter McClain, Spur and Eldredge McClain, Lubbock.
Fourteen grandchildren: 35 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild also survive.
Grandsons were pallbearers.
Burial was in Spur Cemetery.
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