Mary Louise Cash Howard died at 3:00 PM on Friday, April 12, 2024, at The Lodge at Tangi Pines in Amite. She was a native of Charlie, Texas. Age 98 years.

Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Visitation will resume at Plymouth Primitive Baptist Church, 3991 Plymouth Church Road, Gloster, Mississippi at 10:00 AM until Religious Services at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Services conducted by Pastor Elder Harvey Bates. Interment Arcola-Roseland Cemetery, Arcola.

She is survived by her daughter, Marion Howard Punch and husband Sonny, Lafayette; daughter, Sharon Howard Blanchard and husband Louis, Amite; daughter, Margaret Howard Dubreuil, Denham Springs; son, Harold Lynn Howard and wife, Debbie, Prairieville; grandchildren, Michelle Blanchard Dees (Brian), Hisham Hegab (Beth), Troy Punch (Rachelle), Donald Blanchard (Keri), Renée Blanchard Carpenter (Frederick), Ryan Punch (Shanna), Mark Dubreuil (Heidi), Chris Howard, Kim Howard, April Pellegrin (Justin), Ashley Strehlow, Leslie Martinez (Koby); 41 great-grandchildren; 29 great-great grandchildren.

Preceded in death by her husband, Henry Clifford Howard; her father, Henry Adkin Cash; her mother, Ada Lloyd Cash; three brothers; four sisters; daughter, Linda Howard Hegab; son-in-law, El-Sayed Hegab; son-in-law, Michael Dubreuil; four grandchildren, Bonnie Punch, Joshua Punch, Hala Hegab and Matthew Dubreuil.