Mekayla Victoria Howard

Mekayla Victoria Burns Howard, age 22, of Kountze, Texas, died on March 29, 2017.  She was born on January 9, 1995 in Evanston, Wyoming, to Jeannie Skinner Howard and John Burns.

She is survived by her father, John Burns and his wife, Sonia, of Kountze, TX.; her mother, Jeannie Howard and her husband, Scott of North Dakota; siblings, Melinda Hacklin and her husband, Robert, of BIg Piney, WY.; Melissa Schaeffer and her fiancé, Jeremiah Konop, of Dickenson, ND.; Jamie Chatman and her husband, Wesley, of Logansport, LA.; Timothy Burns and his fiance, Nacona Choate, of Houston, TX.; and Kelsi Burns and Colin Burns, both of Kountze; her grandparents, Bonnie Skinner of LaBarge, WY.; and Barbara Seale of Rupert, ID.; and numerous nieces, and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her grandfathers, Lem Victor Burns, and Marcus Skinner.

Graveside services will be conducted on Friday, April 21, 2017, at 11:00 A.M.  at the Viola Cemetery, LaBarge, WY.