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1918

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2009

Howard J. Register Obituary

Howard J. Register, 91, died at Washington Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Nov. 13, 2009. He was born Sept. 3, 1918 in Jackson County to the late Willie M. and Bessie Sweat Register. He was a member of Springhill United Methodist Church. He served in the U. S. Army and U.S. Navy in World War II as a radar man on the USS Farragut DD348. He retired as a U.S. rural postal carrier.
He is survived by his wife Mary Dell; a daughter Judy and husband Mike Holloway; three sons Howard Register, Jr. and wife Cathryn, David Register and wife Marie, Gary Register and wife Rose Mary; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Nov. 16, 2009 at the Springhill United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dan Rhodes officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery with the U.S. Navy providing military honors and James & Lipford Funeral Home in Graceville directing
Memorial donations may be made to the Springhill United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Washington County News from Nov. 24 to Nov. 30, 2009.

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