| − | Howard died at his Baton Rouge home at the age of eighty-seven. He was survived by his wife, the former Katie Parker; a son and his wife, Brook and Ann Howard, and their children, Caitlin, Chelsea, and Madeleine; a daughter and her husband, Rebecca and William Shieber, and their children, Driftwood and Alexander; a brother, Emery Howard; a sister, Carolyn Grant, and a brother-in-law and his wife, Joseph and Theresa Parker. He was preceded in death by a son, Benjamin Howard. He was a member of the [[Unitarian]] Church in Baton Rouge, where a memorial service in his honor was held on January 9, 2010.<ref name=obit/> | + | Howard died at his Baton Rouge home at the age of eighty-seven. He was survived by his wife, the former Katie Parker; a son and his wife, Brook and Ann Howard, and their children, Caitlin, Chelsea, and Madeleine; a daughter and her husband, Rebecca and William Shieber, and their children, Driftwood and Alexander; a brother, Emery Howard; a sister, Carolyn Grant, and a brother-in-law and his wife, Joseph and Theresa Parker. He was preceded in death by a son, Benjamin Howard. |