Virginia A. Howard

Virginia A. Howard
April 16, 1935 - May 24, 2013

Sarah Virginia Aiken Howard, 78, of Wilson passed away Friday.-Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday at Joyner-s Funeral Home.-Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park.-The Rev. Ray Wells will officiate.

The family will receive friends 6 - 8 p.m. Monday at Joyner-s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway and other times at the home.

Virginia was a former teacher.-She loved reading and instilled her love of reading to her children.-She enjoyed watching birds, having her family for the holidays and spending time with her beloved dog, Louie.

Virginia is survived by her husband of 56 years,-George E. Howard of the home; her son, Steve Howard of Raleigh; her daughters, Rebecca Howard Swider and husband, Tim of Winston-Salem, Lisa Howard Wilson and husband, John of Raleigh and Laura Howard Wood; and husband, John of Sims; her grandchildren; Brit and Katherine Swider, Eric and Rachel Wilson, Christopher and Sarah Wood and Matthew and Jeffrey Howard, and her sister, Carolyn Aiken Blanchard of Fuquay Varina.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Herman Aiken and Margaret Chestnutt Aiken.

Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.- - - -/p>