HowardCharlesCharles Lee Howard, 68, a Retired Marine Veteran and resident of Silver City, NM entered eternal rest Tuesday, July 2, 2024. He was born May 7, 1956 in Exeter, CA to Billy Jack Howard and Martha Jane Conder Howard.


Mr. Howard proudly served his country with the U.S. Marine Corps, where he met and married the love of his life for 43 years, Elaine Patricia Church. Their union brought a son, William Daniel Howard and daughter, Jennifer Ryan Howard.


He worked as a car salesman and manager at the Toyota dealership in Silver City for 20 years. He loved his children and grandchildren and strove to be a good provider for them. He loved spending time outdoors. An avid outdoorsman, loved hunting and fishing. I was important for him to help those in our community. He loved his friends; they meant the world to him.


He is survived by his loving wife Elaine of the family home; his son, William Daniel Howard and wife Michelle Howard of Chesapeake, VA; his daughter, Jennifer Ryan Howard and husband Alonso Diaz of Phoenix, AZ; three grandkids, Victoria Elise Howard, Elizabeth Claire Howard, and Aurora Noel Howard; two sisters, Katherine Elizabeth Henry of Peach Tree City, GA; Shirley Diane Pickens of Estacada, OR; also, numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Billy and Martha Howard.


A Celebration of Life service will take place on Friday, July 12th at 12:30pm at Terrazas Funeral Chapels. Concluding service interment will follow at Fort Bayard National Cemetery with full military honors.


Arrangements are with Terrazas Funeral Chapels "Trusted care for the ones you love" ~ 575-537-0777. To send condolences, visit www.terrazasfuneralchapel.com .