Dorothy Howard

Dorothy Skillern Howard, 84, of North Little Rock, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, August 28, 2013. Dorothy was born to J.S. "Bud" and Ornelle Skillern of the Sixteenth Section Community in Lonoke County on November 22, 1928. She was a member of Sylvan Hills Community Church. Dorothy married "her Coy" Howard July 31, 1949 and they truly lived happily ever after until his death in March of 2012. Dorothy worked many jobs starting out as a switchboard operator for Bell Telephone, working at the newly opened Mt. McKinley Lodge, Alaska and retiring as Coy's assistant in his home appraisal business. Dorothy had many friends: all ages, from coast to coast, neighbors, church family, and childhood. They were all dear to her. She was a lady of elegance and grace inside and out. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Coy Howard; sister, Madine Jackson; brother, Bruce Skillern and dear friend Madine White. She is survived by her nephews, Ray Jackson and wife Daisy of Pangburn, Gary Jackson and wife Lavella of Oklahoma, Jim Jackson and wife Jill of Jacksonville, and niece Glenda Malone and husband Ray of North Little Rock, many great nieces, nephews and her dear friends, Doug and Anita House and Bobby Burden. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Sylvan Hills Community Church, 8019 Hwy. 107, Sherwood, Arkansas 72120. A graveside service will be held at the Sixteenth Section Cemetery adjacent to the Sixteenth Section United Methodist Church, 8683 Hwy. 319 West, Austin, Arkansas on Saturday, August 31st at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Tim McMinn presiding. Arrangements by North Little Rock Funeral Home, a Smith Family Funeral Home. Online obituary at www.SmithFamilyCares.com.