B.H. Howard to Be Buried Today

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the First Methodist church for B.H. Howard,86, former Crosby county judge and father of Amos Howard, Lubbock postmaster. Services will be read by Dr. H.I. Robinson, pastor, and burial will be in the Lubbock Cemetery under direction of Rix Funeral Home.

Mr. Howard died at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday at his home, 1414 Ave.M.

Born in Cumberland county,Tenn. Jan 24 1859, Judge Howard came to Texas, Dec. 29,1897, first settling in Montague county. He moved to Munday in 1900 and later to Crosbyton where he served as County Judge from 1919 to 1920. In 1937 he came to Lubbock, where he has since made his home. His death followed a stroke suffered a week ago.

Married 64 years

He and Mrs. Howard had been married 64 years. They were wed at Livingston,Tenn. Oct 13,1881. A Methodist and Royal Arch Mason, Judge Howard was formerly active in civic life. He was a member of the Board of Education in Crosbyton for several years.

Seven sons, six daughters, fifteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren survive him. The sons are: Postmaster Howard, 2309 Seventeenth; Dr. J.P. Howard, Merkel; Ard Howard, Floydada; Uris Howard, 1414 Ave.M; Roy Howard, 2701 Twenty-eighth; Grady Howard, Floydada; Vanroe Howard, McAdoo.

The daughters are: Mrs. A.G. Reeves, 2014 Eighth; Mrs.J.N. Payne,Ralls; Mrs. Howard Crausbay, McAdoo; Mrs. John Reagan, Floydada; Mrs. Harley Henderson, Tahoka;and Mrs. Frank Hill, wife of the Lynn County News editor, also of Tahoka.{Lubbock Morning Avalanche August 29, 1945}

(Obit added by Brenda Howard 7 Nov 2013)

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1900 Munday, TX census.
1907 moved to Petersburg and later Estacado and Crosbyton.
Buchanan H. Howard had sad memories of the Civil War and its aftermath. His father and
a brother (two brothers) went to fight for the Confederacy. The brother never returned, but his
father came home to join his family a short time before war's end. Two neighboring "friends",
Yankee sympathizers came to see the father in the field, shook hands with him, and then shot
him, cold-blooded murder! Young "Buck" is believed to have witnessed his father's death.
Northern soldiers over-ran the community, burned many of the farmer's houses and stole just
about everything the Howards had.
Buchanan grew up in Overton Co. and found a teaching job near Hilham. He and a few
other young family members were still at home. Permelia Maxwell was in his class and before
long, Buchanan vowed to marry the brown-eyed girl. In the fall of 1881, he and Permelia
repeated their vows in the home of her parents,
More About BUCHANAN H. HOWARD:
Burial: August 1945, Lubbuck Cem., Lubbuck Co., Texas
Occupation: 23 August 1888, Appointed first Postmaster of Grey, He obtained the application
for a post office and asked for the name "New". The location was five miles southwest of
Ward, six miles northeast of Hilham, and one-quarter mile east of Mill Creek.23
Occupation1: Abt. 1880, Taught school near Hilham, Overton Co., Tennessee
Occupation2: Aft. 1881, Farmed in Hilham area on land Permelia's father gave them.
Occupation3: 1918, Elected County Judge of Crosby County, resigned before term was up due
to Permelia's health.
Residence1: December 1897, Migrated to Bonita, Montague Co., Texas
Residence2: 1900, Went on to Munday, Texas where they bought land and a drug store.
Residence3: 1907, Moved on to Petersburg then Estacado and more land at Crosbyton.

Taken from Rootsweb World Connect York's Fentress County Tennessee