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Howard Arthur Kohrmann, Sr. was born in 1919 in Hufsmith, Harris, [[Texas]], which is within the Houston metro. His parents were Emil Cornelius Kohrmann (b. 1884 Kohrville, Harris, TX - d. 1943 Houston, Harris, TX) & Virginia Womack Kohrmann (b. 1889 Gillespie Co., TX - d. 1938 Waco, McLennan, TX).

Howard's paternal grandfather, Paulinus "Paul" Kohrmann was born in 1835 in what was formerly Alsace-Lorraine, Germany (now Alsace-Moselle, France). He served as the first postmaster (1881-1886) of a town in Harris Co., TX that was founded in the 1860's by freed slaves from [[Alabama]], that was named Kohrville (aka Pilotville) in his honor. Paul died in 1894 in Tomball, Harris, TX.

In 1942, Howard married Mollie Marie Willis (b. 1920 Fields Store, Waller, TX - d. 2003 Waco, McLennan, TX), daughter of George Robert Willis (b. 1888 Weimar / Osage, Colorado, TX - d. 1964 Houston, Harris, TX) & Flossie Earl Smith Willis (b. 1898 Dyer Co., TN - d. 1973 Houston, Harris, TX). In 1948, he planted an assembly in Houston in his home that became [[Melrose Bible Chapel, TX|Melrose Bible Chapel]].

He was full-time in the Lord's work, commended by [[Waco Bible Chapel, TX|Waco Bible Chapel]] and [[Colonial Hills Bible Chapel, TX|Colonial Hills Bible Chapel]] in Houston, [[Texas]]. He served on the board of directors for Sandy Creek Bible Camp for over 50 years, as well as a chaplain of the North Waco Association in prison ministry, in gospel literature distribution, pastoral visitation, and was in active fellowship in his later years at Waco Bible Chapel.

From 1972-1977, he served as the correspondent at [[Fort Collins Bible Chapel, CO|Fort Collins Bible Chapel]] in [[Colorado]], then from 1984-1998 at [[Waco Bible Chapel, TX|Waco Bible Chapel]]. He went to be with the Lord on June 27, 1998 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, leaving his wife, two daughters, three sons and sixteen grandchildren.

=Sources=
* Ancestry.com
* AAB's 1972-1977
* Uplook magazine 1998-9