William L. "Billy" Howard, Sr. -MACON - William L. "Billy" Howard, Sr., 53, of 1072 S. Pine Knoll Drive, died Thursday, June 17, 2004. Funeral services will be held at 3 PM on Monday, June 21, 2004 in the Chapel of Hart's Mortuary with the Rever- end Roy D. Washburn, Sr. officiating. Burial will be in Macon Memorial Park. -Visitation: Monday from 1:00 until 3:00 P.M. at Hart's Mortuary. R. Dale Washburn, Jr. will deliver the eulogy. -Pallbearers will be Derrell Washburn, Kevin Washburn, Kim Washburn, Carl Goodrich, Spencer Wimberly and Scott Wood. -Mr.

Howard was born in Macon to the late Willis Grady Howard, Sr. and the late Flora Hancock Howard. He was predeceased by a brother, Willis Grady Howard, Jr. -Mr. Howard was a 1968 graduate of Mark Smith High School and he served in the U. S. Navy. Mr. Howard was employed by the Federal Aviation Administration as an Air Traffic Control Specialist at the Macon Automated Flight Service Station. He was a Past President of the Bibb County Jaycees, Past Master of Rutland Masonic Lodge and he served as pledge center coordinator for the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day telethon for 18 years. He served as stage manager of the Little Mister and Miss Cherry Blossom Pageant for a number of years. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Dream Big Foundation.

Survivors include a brother, Robert B. Howard, Sr., two sons, W. Lewis Howard, Jr. and his wife, Joy Goulding Howard, and Joshua D. Howard, a stepdaughter, Tara L. Sanders, an adopted son and daughter-in-law, S. Lee Higgins and Nancy B. Higgins, an adopted granddaughter, Taylor Higgins, all of Macon; godson, Dakota Bittick of Forsyth. -Hart's Mortuary has charge of arrangements. William Howard, Sr.