A brother dead

and brothers mourning

Fill the heart

with grief today,

And the earnest

grasp fraternal;

Speaks, “a dear one

passed away.”

Yes, no longer

we shall greet thee

In the halls of DKE,

Yet thy name

in sweet remembrance

Graven on

our hearts will be.

We have parted,

Brother, parted,

As we trust, to meet again,

In a full unbroken circle,

Free from sorrow,

grief and pain.

Roland Boatner Howell Jr.

Services for Roland Boatner Howell Jr. will be held today at 11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in St. Francisville, La., with the Revs. Stephen Holmgren, John Sennett and Robert C. Wilcher officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Newman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Howell, 78, of Centreville, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007, in his home.

He attended schools in Thibodaux and Baton Rouge and graduated from Sewanee Military Academy. He earned a BA and LLD degrees from Louisiana State University and practiced law in Baton Rouge for many years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and served four years in the Air Force 51st. Fighter Interceptor Group. During that time, he flew 100 F-86 combat missions in Korea and was awarded the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross with one oak leaf cluster.

He was an alumnus of Zeta Zeta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Moosehead Lake Yacht Club, Baton Rouge Country Club and the Boston Club.

He was a lifelong Episcopalian and held various vestry positions over the years, and served on the board of trustees of All Saints Episcopal School and a term as its chairman.

Survivors include his wife, Daisye Lee Hawkins Howell of Centreville; sons, Roland Boatner Howell III, Zed Hawkins Howell and Clifford Poindexter Howell; a brother, William Evans Howell and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Roland Boatner and Williemel Durio Howell.

Pallbearers will be William H. Brown, James R. Douglas, James R. Clary, Peyton Park, Zed Hayes Howell and Hardy Poindexter Graham.

Honorary pallbearers will be Charles Row, J. King Woolf, Martin Schroeder, Richard Newell Graham, John S. Poindexter, Hardy Poindexter Graham Jr. and Richard James and members of the Felicianians.