Obituary
Audrey Hope Howell
(September 1, 1945 - March 19, 2022)
Audrey Hope Turley Howell, 76, of
Huntington, West Virginia passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022 in the
Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House. She was born September 1, 1945 in
Huntington, the daughter of the late Thomas and Hestel Brown Turley. In
addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant son, Joel
Allen Howell, her brothers, Jimmy, Norman and Tommy Turley and her sisters,
Barbara Turley Miller and Vida Jean Turley Doss. Hope was a graduate of
Huntington East High School and Huntington Junior College. She later
completed a Computer Studies program at Cabell County Career Technology
Center. At 21, she was the youngest Buyer ever appointed at Wilmington Dry
Goods of Wilmington, Delaware and later worked as a Buyer for the Bazaar
Department Store of Huntington. She then turned her talents to the
non-profit sector and worked as the Purchasing Agent for Southwestern
Community Action Council until her retirement in 2012. Hope was a member of
Community of Grace United Methodist Church in Huntington and a former member
of Chesapeake United Methodist Church of Chesapeake, Ohio. She had a great
love of fashion and her favorite place to travel was New York City. She
closely followed politics and was an avid reader of fiction, particularly
murder mysteries. Hope is survived by her beloved husband of 42years, David
A. Howell, her stepdaughter, Melissa C. Howell of Greenville, South
Carolina, four generations of nieces and nephews that includes a special
niece, Joe Anna Kendrick of Huntington. She is also survived by her lifelong
friends of 70 years, Sandra Kay Blankenship and Brenda Tomblin, both of
Huntington, best friend of 52 years, Lalona "Lollie" Eaken of South Point,
Ohio and close friends of the family, Donna Henry Hutchison of South Point,
Ohio and Barbara Marsh of Huntington. Hope requested there be no memorial
service, there was a private family viewing at Chapman's Mortuary,
Huntington.
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