Thursday, January 28, 2016 9:55 am

Joe Louis Howard, Jr., age 50 of Middlesex, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2016.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Spaulding Family Resource Center Auditorium, Spring Hope. Visitation will be held on Saturday from 3-7 p.m. at William Toney's Funeral Home, Spring Hope.

He is survived by his mother, Theancies Howard of Middlesex; daughters, Key'era Jamika Howard of Spring Hope and Jerese Lashanne Howard of Nashville; one grandson; and a host of other relatives and friends.