Mary Jean Barber Howe Obituary

The world bids farewell to Mary Jean Barber Howe (Knoxville, Tennessee), born in Nashville, Tennessee, departing on September 5, 2024 at the age of 78. Mary Jean Barber leaves behind memories cherished by the community. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

As we bid farewell to this luminous soul, let her loved ones carry forward the torch of her memory, illuminating the path ahead with the warmth of her love and the brilliance of her spirit. Though Mary Jean Barber may journey beyond the horizon of our sight, her essence remains woven into the very fabric of our being — a guiding light in the darkness, a beacon of hope in the night.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Inez Barber and James Lytle Barber. She is survived by: her husband David William Howe; her daughter Jeanette Howe Priest Bell (Eric); her granddaughters, Katherine Priest of Knoxville and Annie Priest of Knoxville; and her siblings-in-law, Kathy Totten (Larry) of Maine and Dan Howe (Sandy) of California.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church of Shelbyville.