Alice Faye Howze, 78, of Greenwood, MS, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 31, 2017 at her residence surrounded by her family. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, August 3, 2017 at Wilson & Knight Funeral Home and visitation will be from 12 p.m. until service time. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in North Carrollton, MS. Rev. Kevin Jackson will officiate. Wilson & Knight Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Howze was born January 31, 1939 in Cascilla, MS, to Charles Aubrey Hyde and Ruth Corrine Sherril Hyde. She graduated from Cascilla High School, received her LPN from Mississippi Delta Community College, and worked for Care Inn Nursing Home for many years. She was of the Baptist faith and was a loving wife and mother who loved spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Donna Granholm Hays, and brother, James Morris Hyde.

She is survived by her husband, Eddie Howze of Greenwood, MS, daughter, Karen Granholm of Louisville, KY, son, Michael Eric Granholm of Grenada, MS, step-daughter, Sherry Howze Sparks of Greenwood, MS, step-son, Allan Howze of Chicago, IL, sisters, Rivers Coleman of Greenwood, MS, and Shirley Granholm Fisher of Pensacola, FL, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons, John Hays, Harry Horton, Daniel Hays, Eric Granholm, son-in-law, Steve Hays, and good friend, Richie Hudson.

The family would like to thank Sta-Home Health and Hospice for all their care and kindness.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908.