Mr. HOWARD HILLERY HART

CROWLEY -- Howard Hillery Hart passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, March 29, 2017. Mr. Hart was 100. Service: 11 a.m. Saturday in the Crowley Cemetery. The Crowley Lodge #1437, A.F. & A.M. will offer a masonic service. Born in Burleson on March 18, 1917, Howard was the son of Joe and Ada Flower Hart. As a young man, he grew up in Crowley where he graduated from high school. Howard married his longtime sweetheart, Virginia Juanita Granger on April 23, 1938. Prior to World War II, he served in Headquarters Company of the 144th Infantry Division of the Texas Guard. During the war, he served in the U.S. Navy’s 107th Construction Battalion. After the war, he was employed with General Engineering, a Fort Worth electrical construction company, building the generating plants at Eagle Mountain Lake and Handley. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and was elected president of Fort Worth Local #116 in 1955. In 1956, Howard joined Standard Oil and worked in the Amuay Bay petroleum refinery in the state of Falcon, Venezuela S.A. After ten years of service there, he returned to Texas and finished his career as a city electrical inspector in Fort Worth. In addition to being an instructor in the IBEW training program and a longtime supporter and worker in the Texas Golden Gloves Tournament, Howard was an active member of Crowley Lodge #1437, A.F. & A.M., a past High Priest of Chapter #448, and a member of Council #365 and Knights Templar #083. Survivors: In addition to his son, John Howard and his wife, Mary, Howard was grandfather to Hillery J. Hart and her husband, Jarrett Hook; and great-grandfather to Aidan Hook. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Mr. HOWARD HILLERY HART please visit our Sympathy Store.