Roy A. Howell, Jr.

Roy Allen Howell, Jr, MD Charleston, SC Roy Allen Howell, Jr., MD, 86, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 after an extended illness. The relatives and friends of Dr. and Mrs. Roy A. Howell, Jr. are invited to attend his Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 AM, Friday, May 4, 2012 , at St. Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church. The Rite of Committal will follow in St. Lawrence Cemetery. The family will receive friends at James A. McAlister Funeral Home at 1620 Savannah Highway this Thursday between 5:30 and 8:00 PM. Dr. Howell was born in Charleston, SC in 1925. He attended the Cathedral School, graduated from Bishop England High School and from the College of Charleston with a bachelor degree in science in 1946. He earned his medical degree Summa Cum Laude from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1948 and completed his internship and residency though Washington University at St. Louis City Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Howell returned to the Medical College of South Carolina for his teaching and research fellowships, followed by a private practice in Internal Medicine in Bennettsville, SC. Dr. Howell's military career included service as a private in the US Army Medical Corps in 1944 and as a captain from 1955 to 1957. Dr. Howell served as the Governor of the American College of Physicians for the South Carolina Chapter from 1974 to 1978 and as President of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Internal Medicine from 1972 to 1974, and again from 1988 to 1990. He was also a member of the Marlboro County Medical Society, South Carolina Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. He received the Bronze Medal of the South Carolina Heart Association in 1970. In 1966 he was recognized as Young Catholic of the Year and was listed in America's Best Doctors in 1994. He received the Laureate Award from the South Carolina Chapter of the American College of Physicians in 1991, the highest honor awarded by the chapter. Dr. Howell returned to Charleston in 1991 and practiced internal medicine at Carolina Family Care at 30 Bee Street until his retirement in 2009. He was a member of the Holy Name Society, the College of Charleston Cougar Club and an avid supporter of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Howell was the son of the late Roy Allen Howell and Julia Hanley Howell. He is pre-deceased by his sister, Anne Howell Dolan (Nancy) and brother, Allen Michael Howell. He is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Betty Faris Howell, and children: Roy Allen Howell III (Ginger), Lisa Howell McQuage (Henry), Linda Howell Hyland (John) and Denise Howell Darling (Steve), as well as grandchildren: Roy Howell, Taylor Howell, Virginia Howell, Lindy Williams (Brandon), Daniel McQuage, Faris McQuage, Charles Fritz, Jamie Hyland, Jeff Hyland, Julia Gore (Thomas), Edward Darling, Beth Darling and great-grandchildren Brandon Williams, Alex Williams and Liza Gore. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Charleston, 676 Wando Park Blvd. Mt. Pleasant, SC; the St. Mary's Church Restoration Fund, 89 Hasell St. Charleston, SC 29401 or the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, 572 Savannah Hwy, Suite 100, Charleston, SC 29407. Dr. Howell's guestbok may be signed online at www.jamesamcalister. com. Arrangements by JAMES A. MCALISTER Funerals & Cremation. 766-1365.