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Pulliam, Howard M.

Howard M. Pulliam, 81, of Greenville, Texas, died Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, at a nursing home.

He was born Sept. 28, 1924, in Bellview to Sterling and Polly Mitchell. He married Avice Clayton in Portales March 31, 1944. He worked for John Deere for 32 years and also served in the U.S. Army.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters; a brother; and a grandchild.

Survivors include his wife, Avice of Greenville, Texas; daughters, Camillia Brandt (Terry) of Grandview, Mo. and Rowanna Wright (Harol) of Royse City, Texas; son, Stanley Pulliam (Jo Ann) of Athens, Ga.; sister, Joyce Reed of Denton, Texas; eight grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Peniel Church of the Nazarene in Greenville, Texas.

Arrangements were by Peters Funeral Home of Greenville, Texas.