Asa Howard

Longtime Guymon resident, Asa Howard, passed away Sunday morning, March 1, 2015 at Memorial Hospital of Texas County following a brief illness.

The oldest child of Ercell Hobert Haney and Effie Leona (Buck) Howard, David Asa Howard was born November 8, 1938 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Asa graduated from Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa with the class of 1956. He obtained his Bachelors Degree in Animal Husbandry from Oklahoma State University in 1961. At OSU, he was a member of the Livestock Judging Team and Block and Bridle. Following graduation, he began his 43 year career as a cattle buyer. He bought cattle at the Oklahoma City, Omaha, and Kansas City Stockyards before being transferred to Guymon by Wilson and Company in 1966. He was associated with the Hitch organization for a brief period before going to work for National Beef Packing Company in 1970.

Asa was always involved in the community, and was chosen Guymon Citizen of the Year in 1977. He was a member of Victory Memorial United Methodist Church, serving on various committees and was very active in the Methodist Men. He was also a member of Kiwanis, the Guymon Tiger Booster Club, OSU Alumni Association and was serving on the board at Heritage Community. Asa enjoyed bird and antelope hunting, training his birddogs, welding, skiing, time with his grandchildren, and baseball.

Asa married Nancy Ethel Teel in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 27, 1959. She survives. He is also survived by his two children, Asa Allan Howard and wife, Vicki of Amarillo, Texas; Lisa K. Brown and husband, Kenneth of Boys Ranch, Texas; grandchildren, Sterling Alana Brown of Lubbock, Texas and 2LT Swasey Worn Asa Brown of Ft. Benning, Georgia; brother, Dr. Dan A. Howard and wife, Linda, of Riverside, California; nephew, Bryan David Joseph Howard of Costa Mesa, California; sister, Sue Ann Howard of Ocala, Florida; niece Ercella Eifert and family of Ocala.

Funeral services will be Thursday morning, March 5th, 10:00 A.M. at Victory Memorial United Methodist Church, 523 N Roosevelt, Guymon, with Rev. Gary Holdeman, Rev. Tino Espinoza and Rev. Odie Nunley, officiating. Graveside services will be Friday morning, March 6th, 10:00 A.M. at Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma with Rev. Odie Nunley, officiating. Services are entrusted to Henson-Novak Funeral Directors of Guymon.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Guymon Tiger Athletic Booster Club or VMUMC Methodist Men Scholarship Fund, c/o Henson-Novak Funeral Directors, P.O. Box 1306, Guymon, OK 73942.