Melissa Dawn Howell
April 25th, 1977 - June 30th, 2023
From:	West Plains, MO
Visitation:	1-2pm Saturday, July 8, 2023 Clary Funeral Home - Alton, MO
Funeral:	2pm Saturday, July 8, 2023 Clary Funeral Home - Alton, MO
Burial:	Bridges Cemetery - Koshkonong, MO
Melissa Dawn (Missy) Collins Howell, 46, of Koshkonong, MO, was born on Monday, April 25, 1977, to Carl Jay Collins and Brenda Lee Brinkley in West Plains, MO. She departed this life on Friday June 30, 2023, while at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, MO. Missy was what you would definitely call a tom boy. She was always outside playing around, and enjoyed riding dirt bikes, four wheelers, and bulls. She loved the outdoors and didn’t let a dirt bike accident keep her down. Her and Poppy Fred were the best of friends, and you would hardly ever catch one of them without the other. She was always a protector over her brother and sister growing up. Missy was a graduate of Alton High School in 1995. After high school she worked as a CNA for numerous nursing homes. If there was anything she enjoyed doing, it was spending time with her children. She always enjoyed watching her kids play sports. She was always in the stands ready to cheer them on. She was most recently Brinkley and Cooper’s basketball coach. She would do what she needed to do to make sure that sports were involved and wanted her children to try different things. No matter what, she had their back no matter the situation. She was united in marriage on July 21, 2006, to Rick Howell in the state of Arkansas and was most recently employed with BYO Operations, LLC. Missy is preceded in death by: her father, Carl Jay Collins; stepfather who she loved dearly, Jerry Wayne Cozbey; maternal grandmother, Dorothy Mae Brinkley; paternal grandparents, Dophis and Leah Collins; Aunts, Diana Collins, Alta Collins and Judy Myers; Uncles, Jarrett Collins and Teddy Collins. She is survived by: her husband, Rick Howell of the family home; 6 children, Hunter Warren (Brianna) of Strafford, MO, Brylee Bolla (Baley) of Piggott, Arkansas, Jaydon Roy, Brinkley Howell, and Cooper Howell, all of the family home, and Sasha (Eric) Veatch of Koshkonong, MO; 4 grandchildren, Brantlee Bolla, Baby Warren on the way, along with Braelyn and Addy Veatch; mother, Brenda Cozbey of Alton, MO; sister, Heather Roberts (Nathan) of Couch, MO; brother, Carl Collins Jr. (Missy) of Alton, MO; 6 nieces Bobbie Wasdyke, Allie Collins, Jackie Jones, Jayden Jones, Presleigh Roberts and Izzy Collins; nephews, Kyler and Parker Collins; grandfather who she loved with her whole heart, Fred Brinkley; numerous aunts, uncles, and other family and friends. Celebration of Life services will be at 2pm on Saturday July 8, 2023, at Clary Funeral Home chapel in Alton, MO. Interment will take Place at Bridges cemetery in Koshkonong, MO. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Clary Funeral Home in Alton, MO. Memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society.
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