Cynthia Howell Cragin
12/27/2023
Cynthia Howell Cragin, age 102, died on December 27, 2023, at Greeneville Community Hospital, Greeneville, Tennessee.
She was born in West Orange, New Jersey to Nelda B. and Slyvester van Syckle Howell. It was there, as a teenager, she started a lifetime of volunteering, working as an aide in the hospital where she was born. She continued volunteering in hospitals and nursing homes and teaching English to adults both here and overseas in countries where she and her husband lived for various lengths of time.
She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Herbert E. Cragin; two brothers, John D. Howell and Sylvester Howell, Jr.; nephew, David Howell.
She is survived by her niece, Wendy Howell of Dubois, Pennsylvania, her nephew’s widow, Janet Howell of Lorton, Virginia.
She has chosen to donate her body to the Quillen College of Medicine and requested that no memorial services of any kind be held.
“When it’s over, it’s over.”
-written by Mrs. Cynthia Cragin
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02/26/2024
Brenda & Wayne Klinowski
I met Cynthia and Herb while living in Taiwan in 1972 and have many memories of golfing, partying, and many conversations about life in general usually with a martini in hand. My husband and I kept in touch with both since then and visited them every time we were on our way back to Canada from a visit in the U.S. Always got a Christmas card from Cynthia and later as we both got a little older, we would call and as soon as I said it’s Brenda from Canada she would ask if we were stopping in from a trip! Cynthia was one of a kind and I cherish our friendship of over the last 50 years. Say “hello” to Herb and tip a glass to the old days.
I was honored to bake Cynthia's last birthday cake and share it with her. She was a great old "broad" in the best sense of the word. Hers was a life well lived and I laugh a little to remember that she wanted me to come back to visit so we could talk about snow skiing!
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