The Shreveport Times Friday, March 03, 2006 Obituaries Ida B. Howard Good Hope Cemetery, Frierson, LA SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services for Ida B. Howard, 70, will be held 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4, 2006 at Heavenly Gates Funeral Home. Rev. Donald Washington, Pastor of St. Paul Baptist Church, Coushatta, LA officiating. Interment will follow at Good Hope Cemetery, Frierson, LA. Open visitation: Friday at the funeral home. Mrs. Howard passed away February 28, 2006 at Grace Home after a lengthy illness. She was born in Cecil, LA and was a resident of Shreveport for 50 years. She is survived by her sons: Melvin Howard, Steve (Cindy) Howard; sister, Ella Smith Bowers; grandson, Jeremy Howard; niece, Susie Bowers Murphy, five nephews. Heavenly Gates Funeral Home