Melva Kittrell Howard

With heavy hearts, we, the Staff and Management of R. Swinson Funeral Services, along with the Howard Family, announce the transition of 84 year old Mrs. Melva K.. Howard of 2674 Turnage Drive, Kinston, formerly of Washington, DC, on Friday, April 4, 2025, at Harmony Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

 Visitation will be held Friday, April 25, 2025, from the Robert Swinson, Jr., Memorial Chapel from 4 to 6pm. Final service and interment will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Mrs. Howard is survived by one sister, Edna K. Gainey, one aunt, Catherine Jones a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. She is the widowed of the late Ralph A. Howard, the daughter of the late Thurman Kittrell and Eleanor Jones Kittrell, the granddaughter of the late Charlie Jones and Emma Edward Jones all of Greene County, NC