Idella Howard, 87, resident of Jones, Alabama, passed away June 7, 2013 at Warren Manor Nursing Facility. Services will be held June 15, 2013, 1:00 p.m. at Figtree Living Word Church officiated by Pastor Charles Howard. Burial will follow in church cemetery directed by Miller Funeral Service of Selma.

Survivors include two sons, Henry Benefield (Jones, AL), Donnell Howard (Prattville, AL); one step son, Frank (Gracie) Benefield, Autauga; daughter, Mary Caver (Detroit, MI.); brother, Lazarus Howard, Jones, AL; two sisters, Zeola Howard and Julia Newton of Jones, AL; three grandchildren, one great grandchild, two brothers-in-laws,. Pallbearers will be nephews.