‘She cared about us’: Del. Carolyn J.B. Howard, a thoughtful mentor, dies at 87

Longtime Prince George's County delegate Carolyn J.B. Howard has died at age 87. Colleagues remembered the former lawmaker as a thoughtful mentor.
Del. Carolyn J.B. Howard, a longtime Prince George's County delegate, died Sept. 19 at age 87. Her former colleagues remembered Howard as an even-keeled lawmaker and a thoughtful mentor.
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