Howard Marshall

A Time To Be Born: On March 4, 192, a son was born to the late Raymond and Katie Marshall and they named him, HOWARD LEONARD MARSHALL.A Time To Die: On August 25, 2009 he was quietly called from labor to reward.A Time To Plant: He was educated in the Baltimore City Public School System.The late Edna Campbell planted the seed by taking him to Sunday School and at the age of seven he joined the Providence Baptist Church and was baptized. He joined the United States Army at an early age and later received an honorable discharge. As a diligent servant and member of Providence Baptist Church for over 70 years Howard Marshall served on the Usher Board, Finance Board, and as a Boy Scouts Leader until his health failed him after a fall in February of 2004. For over fifty years, he was a member of the Mason Eden Lodge #72 and this quiet, well groomed young man became a business proprietor owing an 18 wheel truck and a Texaco gas station.After several years in business for himself, he sold the business. The last 18 years in the workforce he was a longshoreman until retiring in 1990. In 1983, he married Rev. Betty Anderson who brought one son to this union, Demetrius Mims, who preceded him in death. To this union there were no biological children born; however, they loved and raised two granddaughters, Detris and Cornelya Mims. He affectionately called them Bandit and Grabble Girty.Howard was fondly called by several names: Mike, Marshall, Past Master Marshall, Leonard and Cabbage Head. In the years that he and Betty shared together he affectionately caller her Babe or Sweet Babe. Marshall loved to travel and they loved traveling together. They traveled to Aruba,, New Orleans, Detroit, Cleveland, Kentucky, Chicago, Atlanta and several cruises to the Caribbean. They also drove cross-country to California (which was one of his dream trips).A Time To Mourn: He leaves to cherish his memory his devoted wife, Betty Marshall; one brother, Raymond Marshall (Brenda); three sisters, Darlene Murphy and Dorothy Brown from Baltimore, and Anita Penn of Pittsburgh, Pa.; four sons and two daughters, Ronald Marshall of California, James Burley (Yvonne) of Westminister, Md., Howard L. Marshall Jr. of Temple Hills, Md., Eric Marshall (Pamela), Laverne Brooks, and Renee Marshall of Baltimore, Md.; twenty grandchildren, Angela Diggs (Timothy), Acquanetta Brandon, Sylvia Davis, Ronald Brooks Jr. (Diana), Ennia Benn (Samuel), Malere Marshall, Howard L. Marshall III, Mary McCoy (Lionel), Detris Mims, Cornelya Mims, Jondavar Jones, Edwin Burley, Timothy Johnson (Cheryl), Stephen Blakeney (Cheryl), Kenya Mickey (Dwayne), Pamela Bivens (Javon), Lewis Marshall, Eric Marshall Jr.(Joy), Dontae Marshall (Marlene) and Jamal Marshall; thirty-two great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren; a devoted, loyal and faithful friend, Past Master Odell Henry (Eden Lodge #72); and a host of other family members and friends.

Tributes

Howard Marshall

March 4, 1928 - August 25, 2009