Alvin (Downtown) Jr
Age - 42
December 8, 2023
"Minister Alvin Lawson Howard, Jr. , affectionately, nicknamed \u0026quot;Bell\u0026quot; from his mother, \u0026quot;AJ\u0026quot; from his father and \u0026quot;My Alvie\u0026quot; from his wife, transitioned from labor to reward on Monday, December 4, 2023, surrounded by the love and comfort of his family. He was born to the union of the late Alvin Lawson Howard, Sr. and Evelyn Karice Todd Howard. He was a Minister of the Gospel and a member of N Street Missionary Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, maternal grandparents, George Sr. and Doris Jean Todd, paternal grandparents, Herbert and Celia Howard; great-grandmother, Carrie D. Moody; stepmother, Pamela Sanders. Minister Alvin leaves to forever cherish his memories his virtuous wife, Tanesha Stewart Howard, courageous children, Iyahna Semone, Aniyah Karice, and Alvin Lawson Howard, III; devoted mother, Evelyn Todd Watson (Jimmy), loving siblings, Ebony Howard Carter, Alexander Sanders of Detroit, Michigan, Natalie Sanders; mother-in-love, Denita \u0026quot;JoJo\u0026quot; Stewart; father-in-love, Timothy \u0026quot;TMatt\u0026quot; Mattingly (LaDonna); siblings-in-love, Nekeisha Stewart of Pensacola, Florida, Daija Harris, Mayel Johnson, Timothy \u0026quot;TJ\u0026quot; Mattingly, Jr. , Dominique Elam; nephew, Brandon Carter, Jr. ; nieces, Amari Leggs, Charlee Britt, godchildren, Mikayla and Rev. Royal Todd, father in ministry, Rev. Wendell Lewis, Sr. and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives, church family, diligent friends, neighbors and fur grand-baby, Gizmo. Visitation: 10am-12pm Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at N Street Missionary Baptist Church, 2914 S. 6th St. , with Celebration of Life to follow at 12 noon. Interment in Green Meadows Cemetery. "Show more