Ruby
June Lee Howerton
February 3, 1923 - July 30, 2006
R. June Howerton, 83, a lifetime resident of Marmet, WV died Sunday morning, July 30, 2006, at the home of her son in Palm Desert, CA after a long illness.
She served in the US Army WAC, Army Air Forces, during World War II. She was a member of the Marmet First Baptist Church and the Salina Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a retired employee of the US Secret Service. Upon her retirement, she travelled extensively both domestically as well as foreign, making several vacation trips to the Middle East, Asia Minor and North Africa, as well as Eastern and Western Europe, China and Russia.
She was predeceased by her husband, Charles, in 1983 and by her brothers, Pat Lee and Chuck Lee and her sister, Nikki Bulmer. She is survived by her son, Hunter; also by sisters-in-law June R. Howerton of Mooresville, IN and Anna Ruth Shaffer and her brother-in-law, Hallie Shaffer of Cuyahoga Falls, OH. She is also survived by nieces and nephews in Virginia, Ohio and Indiana.
She will be returned to Marmet for a funeral service at the Marmet First Baptist Church and burial at Montgomery Memorial Park, London, WV on August 12, 2006.
Charles
Hunter Howerton and R. June Lee Howerton
This dinner photo was taken December 18, 1952, while Charles and June were on vacation in New Orleans and having dinner at The Court of Two Sisters, 613 Rue Royale, New Orleans, La. They both were musicians and especially liked Big Band Jazz. In fact, although they didn't start dating until after they both came home from the war, they first met when they were in the clarinet section of the East Bank High School band. They were married in Charlie's parents' living room on 98th Street in Marmet, West Virginia on June 25, 1948.
June Howerton in Egypt, near the pyramids of Giza, ca. 1986.
Pictures and article submitted by June's son, Hunter Howerton
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