Jan 8, 2021
Kenneth R. “Snake” Howell age 84, of Weirton, WV passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. He was born May 17, 1936 in Holidays Cove WV to the late Kenneth E. and Anna Belle Bolen Howell. Ken is survived by his wife Mildred Sue Cowden Howell, whom he married on Sept. 22, 1973; son Scott; siblings Ted Howell (Jo Ann), Gala Buchanan (late Oakey), Dotty OBerg (late Jim); grandsons Seth and Shane Arnold; many nieces, nephews, and a host of bluegrass friends.
Ken attended Weir High School and graduated with honors from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. He was owner of funeral homes in Weirton and New Cumberland, WV also as a funeral director in various locations for over 50 years. He was a funeral director at Perman Funeral Home in Pittsburgh for the past 29 years. He proudly served his country as Military Police in the US Army and was an avid bluegrass fan. He was a member of Weirton Heights Church of Christ and a member and past president of
family problems and all. there s anger right there. so i ain t going nowhere. yesterday, we had about eight slots that weren t full. since last night, about 9:30 when we brought another young offender in here, it went full tilt. we went from 17 to 24. we are now full. it s just one of those days, when it rains, we don t have enough buckets. just two cell doors down from this teenage flight risk is 18-year-old kenneth howell. trying to find some way of getting out. howell made his first move to scale the pendleton fences at the crack of dawn.
yes. family problems and all. there s anger right there. so i ain t going nowhere. yesterday, we had about eight slots that weren t full. since last night, about 9:30 when we brought another young offender in here, it went full tilt. we went from 17 to 24. we are now full. it s just one of those days, when it rains, we don t have enough buckets. just two cell doors down from this teenage flight risk is 18-year-old kenneth howell. trying to find some way of getting out. howell made his first move to scale the pendleton fences at the crack of dawn. almost made it over that time.
came here and got locked up? yes. family problems and all. me living on the streets. that gave me anger right there. i ain t going nowhere. yesterday, we had about eight slots that weren t full. since last night, about 9:30 when we brought another young offender in here, it went full tilt. we went from 17 to 24. we are now full. it s just one of those days, when it rains, we don t have enough buckets. just two cell doors down from this teenage flight risk is 18-year-old kenneth howell. trying to find some way of getting out.
howell made his first move to scale the pendleton fences at the crack of dawn. almost made it over that time. it wouldn t have been my first time. i cut myself before. i m used to so much pain from early on in my childhood, it s just a small scratch compared. i can have a gouge from here down to here. i ll just look at it like wow. as one of the largest maximum security juvenile prisons in the country, pendleton are responsible for educating and rehabilitating teenage gang members, sex offenders, and juveniles with mental health issues for the indiana department of corrections. in our jurisdiction, in our state, the department of corrections became a solution to a very aggressive, difficult child to handle. truly those kids that are seen as public threats.