Frances Amelia Howse

She died less than a week before her 84th birthday.

Frances Amelia (Hill) Johnston, Howse, Gibbons on Findagrave

(Findagrave has her maiden name as "Hill" but without proof. But her marriage to Samuel O. Howse gives her name as "Frank" Johnston. There is no mention of her parents or other husbands besides Samuel O. Howse, in her obituary. No proof provided for any other marriages.)

MRS. FRANCIS A. HOWSE DIES AT OCALA HOME
One of Ocala's Pioneers and Beloved Citizens Succumbed Last Night (Special to The Tribune)

OCALA, March 31. – Mrs. Frances A. Howse, aged eighty-four years one of the best loved matrons in Ocala, died here tonight at 10:30 o'clock. Death was attributed to her advanced age.

For more than thirty-four years the deceased was a resident of Ocala and during the time she made every citizen of this city a friend. The city is grief stricken over her death.

The deceased is survived by two daughters, and one son who are residents of Ocala. They are, Mrs. F. C. Knooe [Koonse], Mrs. Mamie Howse Stovall and O.B. Howse. Also, she is survived by a grandson, W. O. Stovall, of Tampa, and a granddaughter, Mrs. J. H. Mason, also of Tampa.

The funeral services will be held from the residence tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment will be made in the Ocala cemetery, under the direction of the undertaking firm of Sam R. Pyles & Co.

The honorary pall bearers are: Frank Harris, sr., R.A. Buford, Judge W. S. Bullock, Judge M. M. McConachy, Charles Tydings, Sam R. Pyles and Dr. E. G.Teak [Peek?]. The active pall bearers are: T. D. Lancaster, L. W. Duvall, W. McGallagher, Ed. H. Waterman, E. L. Carney and D. N. Ferguson.

The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. C. M. White of the Methodist church and Rev. W. J. neighbor of the Episcopal church.

--Tampa Tribune, (Tampa, Florida); Thur., 22 Mar 1923; Page 11