MANSFIELD -- Paul Elbert Howell, a gentle soul with a beautiful smile, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2009, at the age of 56 at his home in Mansfield. Service: 10:30 a.m. Monday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mansfield Ward Building, 3921 Turner Warnell Road, Arlington. Interment: 10:15 a.m. Tuesday in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Antonio. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Blessing Funeral Home, 401 Elm St., Mansfield. Memorials: Charitable gifts may be sent to Vitas Hospice Charitable Fund, 2501 Parkview Dr., Suite 600, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. Paul was born Jan. 30, 1953, in Munich, Germany, to Capt. Percy Wray Howell and Betty Bingham Williams Howell. He graduated from Jefferson High School in 1971 and attended the University of Texas and the University of Houston. Paul was a devoted family man and church member, an avid golfer who loved his family and friends, and he never met a stranger. He served his country in the...