Mr. Richard Charles Howard, Sr., age 81, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2014. He was born in Robeson County on June 26, 1933 and he was formerly employed as a machinist for Newport News Shipbuilding. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Dewey Howard, Sr. and Nancy Florence Willoughby Howard, his wife, Doris E. Wilkins Howard, a son, Mark George Howard, and a daughter, Lisa Gail Haynes. He is survived by a son, Richard Charles Howard, Jr., of Lumberton; two daughters, Doris Diane Orr, of Newport News, VA, and Kathy Lynn Hasara, of Virginia Beach, VA; a brother, George Dixon "Buddy" Howard, of Richmond, VA; a sister, Elta I. Howard of GA; six grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.