Anna Howard

Anna Jane Howard, 67, of League City, Texas, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022.
She was born Oct. 20, 1954, in Union City, to Charles and Margaret Howard.
She graduated high school in EauGalle, Fla. She proudly served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in the United States and Germany. She was honorably discharged and later would attend several universities to further her education.
She graduated from the University of Houston at Clear Lake with an accounting degree.
Anna was preceded in death by her father, Charles Howard; stepfather, Gene Gurien Sr.; her grandparents, Mack and Pauline Jones and J.L. and Muriel Howard; her brother, Stanley Howard; her sister, Tammy Howard; and her niece, Margaret Denham Yerby.
She is survived by her spouse, Michael Bishop; her mother, Anna Margaret Gurien; her daughters, Anna Margaret O’Connor and Catherine Zapp Nunez; her stepdaughter, Amanda Bishop; her stepson, Thomas Bishop; her siblings, Jennifer Denham (Scott) of Leesburg, Ga., and Teresa Koon (Larry) of Navarre, Fla.; her stepsiblings, LuLu Mosley (Randy) of Owensboro, Ky., Lockie Tuck (Thomas) of Union City, Bill Gurien (Judy) of Dyersburg and David Gurien of Memphis; and her stepgrandchildren, Jessica Bishop, Schyler Bishop and Jace Pichla.
Anna was loved by aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and many friends.
The family received friends on Feb. 27 at 2 p.m., followed by funeral services at 3 at Crowder Funeral Home in League City.
Interment followed in Chosen Ground Cemetery in Junction, Texas.

Published 3.10.22