OWENSBORO Funeral for John Howard Sr., 74, of Owensboro who died Dec. 11, 2000, at his home will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at James H. Davis Funeral Home with burial in Utica Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.Local survivors include a son, Ben Allen Howard of Bowling Green.