Alexander Travis Howard, Jr., a native and lifelong resident of Mobile, Alabama, died at home on Thursday, February 10, 2011, at the age of 86. A private graveside service at Pine Crest Cemetery will be followed by a memorial service on Saturday, February 12, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at the Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, 1507 Dauphin Street, Mobile. The family will receive visitors immediately after the memorial service in McGowin Hall.
Judge Howard was the son of Judge Alexander Travis Howard and Cecile Morrissette Howard of Mobile. After graduating from Murphy High School in 1941, he attended Auburn University. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and was honored as a Significant Sig. He served in the 106th Infantry Division of the United States Army, was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry while in France at the age of 20. Upon returning from the war he attended the University of Alabama and later graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1950. He was a longtime member of the Dauphin Way United Methodist Church where he taught Sunday School, served on the Mission Committee and Stewardship Committee and was a member of the Administrative Board and the Board of Trustees. He had a distinguished legal career at the law firm of Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, L.L.C., formerly Johnstone, Adams, May, Howard and Hill, where he was a partner from 1951 to 1986. He was a member of the International Society of Barristers, The Maritime Law Association of the United States, and the Mobile Bar Association of which he was President in 1973. He served as Editor for the Port of Mobile for the American Maritime Cases. On the recommendation of Senator Jeremiah Denton, in 1986 he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama. He served as Chief Judge from 1989 to 1994. He was a member of a Mystic Society and had a great love of travel. He was a private airplane pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 59 years, Anne Boykin Howard, his son, Alexander Travis Howard, III (Fontaine) of Saraland, Alabama, his daughter, Catherine (Dudley) Dawson of Mobile, Alabama, and five grandchildren, Barbara Howard Johnson (Blake), Anne Boykin Dawson, Dudley Earle Dawson, IV, Alexander Travis Howard, IV, and George Radcliff Howard. He is also survived by his sisters, Cecile Howard Gardner of Spanish Fort, Alabama, and Marshall Howard Hart of Newberry, South Carolina, and brothers the Reverend Robert C. Howard of Jackson, Minnesota, and William E. Howard of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Dr. Percy J. Howard.
At the family's request, memorials in lieu of flowers can be made to Dauphin Way United Methodist Church.
Published in the Press-Register on February 11, 2011
Judge Howard was the son of Judge Alexander Travis Howard and Cecile Morrissette Howard of Mobile. After graduating from Murphy High School in 1941, he attended Auburn University. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and was honored as a Significant Sig. He served in the 106th Infantry Division of the United States Army, was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry while in France at the age of 20. Upon returning from the war he attended the University of Alabama and later graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1950. He was a longtime member of the Dauphin Way United Methodist Church where he taught Sunday School, served on the Mission Committee and Stewardship Committee and was a member of the Administrative Board and the Board of Trustees. He had a distinguished legal career at the law firm of Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, L.L.C., formerly Johnstone, Adams, May, Howard and Hill, where he was a partner from 1951 to 1986. He was a member of the International Society of Barristers, The Maritime Law Association of the United States, and the Mobile Bar Association of which he was President in 1973. He served as Editor for the Port of Mobile for the American Maritime Cases. On the recommendation of Senator Jeremiah Denton, in 1986 he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama. He served as Chief Judge from 1989 to 1994. He was a member of a Mystic Society and had a great love of travel. He was a private airplane pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 59 years, Anne Boykin Howard, his son, Alexander Travis Howard, III (Fontaine) of Saraland, Alabama, his daughter, Catherine (Dudley) Dawson of Mobile, Alabama, and five grandchildren, Barbara Howard Johnson (Blake), Anne Boykin Dawson, Dudley Earle Dawson, IV, Alexander Travis Howard, IV, and George Radcliff Howard. He is also survived by his sisters, Cecile Howard Gardner of Spanish Fort, Alabama, and Marshall Howard Hart of Newberry, South Carolina, and brothers the Reverend Robert C. Howard of Jackson, Minnesota, and William E. Howard of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Dr. Percy J. Howard.
At the family's request, memorials in lieu of flowers can be made to Dauphin Way United Methodist Church.
Published in the Press-Register on February 11, 2011
Alexander Travis Howard, Jr., a native and lifelong resident of Mobile, Alabama, died at home on Thursday, February 10, 2011, at the age of 86. A private graveside service at Pine Crest Cemetery will be followed by a memorial service on Saturday, February 12, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at the Dauphin Way United Methodist Church, 1507 Dauphin Street, Mobile. The family will receive visitors immediately after the memorial service in McGowin Hall.
Judge Howard was the son of Judge Alexander Travis Howard and Cecile Morrissette Howard of Mobile. After graduating from Murphy High School in 1941, he attended Auburn University. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and was honored as a Significant Sig. He served in the 106th Infantry Division of the United States Army, was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry while in France at the age of 20. Upon returning from the war he attended the University of Alabama and later graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1950. He was a longtime member of the Dauphin Way United Methodist Church where he taught Sunday School, served on the Mission Committee and Stewardship Committee and was a member of the Administrative Board and the Board of Trustees. He had a distinguished legal career at the law firm of Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, L.L.C., formerly Johnstone, Adams, May, Howard and Hill, where he was a partner from 1951 to 1986. He was a member of the International Society of Barristers, The Maritime Law Association of the United States, and the Mobile Bar Association of which he was President in 1973. He served as Editor for the Port of Mobile for the American Maritime Cases. On the recommendation of Senator Jeremiah Denton, in 1986 he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama. He served as Chief Judge from 1989 to 1994. He was a member of a Mystic Society and had a great love of travel. He was a private airplane pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 59 years, Anne Boykin Howard, his son, Alexander Travis Howard, III (Fontaine) of Saraland, Alabama, his daughter, Catherine (Dudley) Dawson of Mobile, Alabama, and five grandchildren, Barbara Howard Johnson (Blake), Anne Boykin Dawson, Dudley Earle Dawson, IV, Alexander Travis Howard, IV, and George Radcliff Howard. He is also survived by his sisters, Cecile Howard Gardner of Spanish Fort, Alabama, and Marshall Howard Hart of Newberry, South Carolina, and brothers the Reverend Robert C. Howard of Jackson, Minnesota, and William E. Howard of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Dr. Percy J. Howard.
At the family's request, memorials in lieu of flowers can be made to Dauphin Way United Methodist Church.
Published in the Press-Register on February 11, 2011
Judge Howard was the son of Judge Alexander Travis Howard and Cecile Morrissette Howard of Mobile. After graduating from Murphy High School in 1941, he attended Auburn University. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and was honored as a Significant Sig. He served in the 106th Infantry Division of the United States Army, was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry while in France at the age of 20. Upon returning from the war he attended the University of Alabama and later graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1950. He was a longtime member of the Dauphin Way United Methodist Church where he taught Sunday School, served on the Mission Committee and Stewardship Committee and was a member of the Administrative Board and the Board of Trustees. He had a distinguished legal career at the law firm of Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, L.L.C., formerly Johnstone, Adams, May, Howard and Hill, where he was a partner from 1951 to 1986. He was a member of the International Society of Barristers, The Maritime Law Association of the United States, and the Mobile Bar Association of which he was President in 1973. He served as Editor for the Port of Mobile for the American Maritime Cases. On the recommendation of Senator Jeremiah Denton, in 1986 he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama. He served as Chief Judge from 1989 to 1994. He was a member of a Mystic Society and had a great love of travel. He was a private airplane pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 59 years, Anne Boykin Howard, his son, Alexander Travis Howard, III (Fontaine) of Saraland, Alabama, his daughter, Catherine (Dudley) Dawson of Mobile, Alabama, and five grandchildren, Barbara Howard Johnson (Blake), Anne Boykin Dawson, Dudley Earle Dawson, IV, Alexander Travis Howard, IV, and George Radcliff Howard. He is also survived by his sisters, Cecile Howard Gardner of Spanish Fort, Alabama, and Marshall Howard Hart of Newberry, South Carolina, and brothers the Reverend Robert C. Howard of Jackson, Minnesota, and William E. Howard of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Dr. Percy J. Howard.
At the family's request, memorials in lieu of flowers can be made to Dauphin Way United Methodist Church.
Published in the Press-Register on February 11, 2011
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