Carolyn Jean Allen Howell of Cottonwood died peacefully on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, at Flagstaff Medical Center attended by family and friends. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, at the Winslow Cemetery, with Wayne Cox officiating. A reception will follow at the home of Pat Ceballos, located at 401 Prairie Ave. in Winslow. Carolyn was born March 16, 1932, in Harrah, Okla., to J. Lester and Joyce M. Allen, the youngest of three children. She married Charles O. Howell Jr., on Aug. 16, 1948. They raised two sons, Mike and Richard, and she was Charlie’s lifetime partner in all their endeavors. Survivors include her husband of 67 years, Charles O. Howell of Cottonwood; her son, Mike (Linda) Howell of Flagstaff; three grandsons, Jimmy (April) Howell of Tucson, Brice (Michelle) Howell of Safford and Matt (Sarah) Howell of Flagstaff; and six great-granddaughters, Baylea, Rielea, Charlea, Kielea, Lacey and Emery. She was preceded in death by her son, Richard A. Howell; her father, J. Lester Allen; her mother, Joyce M. Allen; her brother, James Lester Allen Jr.; and her sister, Helen R. Phillips.