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V. E. Howard
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Short Name: V. E. Howard
Full Name: Howard, V. E. (Verna Elisha), 1911-2000
Birth Year: 1911
Death Year: 2000

Born: September 29, 1911, Farmersville, Louisiana.
Died: September 28, 2000, Texarkana, Texas.
Buried: Rocky Branch, Louisiana.

Howard attended Abilene Christian College, Harding College and Arkansas State University. He began preaching at age 19, and served in Powen, Greenville, and Texarkana, Texas; and in Hot Springs and Conway, Arkansas. He also conducted Gospel meetings throughout America, baptizing over 8,000 people. He owned a jewelry store, was president of Central Printers and Publishing Company and of Howard Foundations, Inc., and served on the Board of Freed-Hardeman College. He is perhaps best remembered as a radio broadcaster, beginning in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1934, with his signature tag line, "Are you listening?" He retired from radio in 1995. His works include:

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns, with Broadus E. Smith (West Monroe, Louisiana: Central Printers and Publishers, 1978, 1983)

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