 1884 - 1968 (83 years)
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| Name |
Edward Lathrop "Gus" Howell [2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Nickname |
Gus |
| Birth |
7 Nov 1884 |
White Plains, Greene County, GA  [3, 4, 5] |
| Gender |
Male |
| FindAGrave URL |
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26465340 |
| FindAGrave ID |
26465340 |
| FamilySearch ID |
LTJX-TJ1 |
| FamilySearch URL |
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTJX-TJ1 |
| Death |
18 Apr 1968 [3, 6] |
| Burial |
White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, White Plains, Greene Co., GA [3, 6, 7] |
| Person ID |
I838 |
Main |
| Last Modified |
6 Sep 2020 |
| Father |
John Mckinney Howell, M. D. CSA, b. 13 Aug 1833, Houston Co., Georgia d. 3 May 1889, Americus, Sumter County, GA (Age 55 years) |
| Mother |
Emma Berrien Heard, b. 22 Apr 1841, Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA d. 3 May 1918, Cuthbert, Randolph Co., GA (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Dec 1859 |
Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA |
| Family ID |
F92 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Lillian F. Schalk, b. 1 Nov 1884, Bristol, CT d. 2 May 1924, Durham, NC (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Apr 1915 |
Birmingham, AL [8] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F366 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 Apr 2006 |
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| Headstones |
 | Edward Lathrop Howell, "Ed Gussick"
"Ed Gussick" is another name that appears on his gravestone. This was the pen name he used for OpEd articles in The Cuthbert Times. |
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| Notes |
- From "The Cuthbert Times", Thursday April 28, 1968 - Front page:
"Funeral Services Held Saturday, April 20th for E. L. 'Gus' Howell"
"Funeral services for Mr. Edward Lathrop (Gus) Howell, 63, were held Saturday afternoon in the First Baptist Church. The Rev. V. L. Daughtery and Rev. Reid Cameron officiated. Interment services were Sunday afternoon at White Plains, Ga., with the Rev. L.L. Williams officiating. Lunsford funeral home was in charge of the arrangements."
"Active pallbearers and Honorary pallbearers were members of the Cuthbert Rotary Cllub of which he was an honorary member."
"Mr. Howell, a columnist on the Cuthbert Times using the pen name of Ed Gussick from 1946 until a few months ago when he retired. He was born in White Plains, Ga., Nov 7, 1884, son of the late Dr. John McKinney and Emma Berrien Heard Howell."
"He entered Mercer University at the age of 13, but dropped out of school at age 16 to play professional baseball under the name of Kid Powell. He came to Cuthbert in 1900 where his brother, the late J.J. Howell was editor of The Cuthbert Leader."
"During his early years in Cuthbert, he played semi-professional baseball, was pianist and organist for the silent movie shows, and also served as a railway mail clerk."
"Mr. Howell was married to the late Lillian Schalk of Bristol, Conn. who died in 1924."
"During the years of 1929 and 1930, he played in dance bands at Chapel Hill, Durham and other North Carolina Cities. Mr. Howell returned to Cuthbert in 1933 to become editor of the Cuthbert Leader, then owned by his sister, the late Miss Eva Howell. He remained editor until 1946 when The Leader was merged with another Cuthbert newspaper, The Times. In 1947 and 1948 he devised the house numbering system now used in Cuthbert. He was also a member of the Cuthbert Golf Club in 1936."
"He was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Mercer University. He also played the organ at the Cuthbert Presbyterian Church at one time."
"Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Daniel G. Traver, Fort Rucker, Ala. two nephews and two nieces."
Forty-four families notes:
"EDWARD LATHROP HOWELL, was born November 7, 1884, and died May, 1968, in Cuthbert, Georgia. Edward Howell married Miss Lillian Schalk, born November 1, 1884, of Bristol, Connecticut. She died in 1924 at thybirth of her daughter, Betty. The
couple married April 25, 1915, Birmingham, Ala. Lillian died, May 2, 1924,
Durham, North Carolina. Edward Howell was a columnist at the time of his passing. He was a contributor to the Cuthbert Times. In his earlier life, at the age of thirteen, he
entered Mercer University. He had a fine talent for music, was organist at the Episcopal Church at Durham, North Carolina, before moving to Cuthbert. He never remarried. He was the golf champion in his area for 1939. His daughter, Betty Howell, was graduated from Washington Seminary. She was a member of the Girls' Circle of Tallulah Falls and was editor-inchief of "Missemma." She attended Wesleyan College for two years and
later graduated from Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia, where she majored
in Journalism. During this time she was editor-in-chief of the "Emory Wheel", Emory University— where she graduated. She married Daniel Garfield Traver, son of Mrs. C. E. Traver (of Georgetown, New York,) in Kobe, Japan, while she was serving with the Recreation Department of the American Red Cross. They have no children. Daniel Traver was associated with the Transportation Corps in Kobe, Japan, serving in the Far East. He was stationed at Columbus, Georgia, at the time he was a Lieutenant. He later was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and is now retired and living in Greensboro, Georgia. Music ran through the Howell family. Henry Alonzo Howell furthered his music in Berlin and Vienna, was a pupil of Leschetizky. Edward L. Howell was not only an organist for a church but played for a motion picture house and had his own band. Their mother, Emma Berrien Heard Howell, taught music and presented a musical in her home once a month (a record of these has been included in Georgia Historical Records). Miss Eve Howell played the organ for the Baptist Church of Cuthbert for 25 years and taught music (she owned the "Cuthbert Leader"). [5, 9]
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| Sources |
- [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com).
- [S24] Clopton Family Association, (The Clopton Family Association - http://www.cloptonfamily.org/amerline/, which was replaced by https://web.archive.org/web/20050508041539/http://www.cloptonfamily.org/amerline/pafg21.htm#2700), http://www.cloptonfamily.org/amerline/pafg21.htm#2706.
- [S1347] Lucy Lane Erwin, Clopton Ancestors by Lucy Lane Erwin, (c 1939), p. 197.
- [S1347] Lucy Lane Erwin, Clopton Ancestors by Lucy Lane Erwin, (c 1939), p. 212.
- [S1685] Florence Howell Pollard, Forty-Four Families, (This book is a history of the Pollard Family researched and written by Florence Howell Pollard, wife of Clarence Owens Pollard. Published circa 1975), p. 105.
- [S691] Lisa Mapp, Lisa Mapp, (Manuscript received via email 5 May, 2003).
- [S696] White Plains Baptist Church Cemetery - gravestone photo.
- [S1333] Elizabeth (Howell) Traver, Betty Howell Traver, "Married in the Birmingham City Hall in 1915".
- [S1182] Cuthbert Times, (Cuthbert, GA), April 25, 1968 p.1.
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