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John "Jay" Patrick Howard '21 Memorial Scholarship

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Jay Howard was a kind and beautiful soul who brought humor and goodwill to all he met. You never left a conversation with him without a smile on your face. Jay and his family have always been willing to lend a hand to someone in need. Now it is our turn to pay that back.

Our community has suffered the terrible loss of someone gone too soon. Jay once referred to his friend as a beautiful flower that God needed in his bouquet. Little did we know that he would also become one of God's beautiful flowers a few short years later. If you've found your way to this page, you have a connection to these wonderful parents and their children. We all want to do something to support The Howard Family during this difficult time.

Jay participated in numerous sports, however he shined the brightest while he was on the stage. He performed many roles in multiple plays including lead roles as Jafar in Aladdin at St. Margaret Mary and Detective Holmes in Sherlock Holmes at Trinity High School. Jay was a 2020 participant in the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts program in musical theater.

Jay had a beautiful singing voice and participated in the Louisville Youth Choir, the St. Margaret Mary Encore Choir, and the Trinity High School Choir. Jay was also a cantor at St. Margaret Mary Church.

After his successes at Trinity High School, Jay took his engaging personality to Western Kentucky University where he found a brotherhood in the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.

Jay loved performing and singing. Beth told me he was the happiest during his years at Trinity High School and she also felt very welcomed by the Trinity community and all the people they met while he was there. When trying to think of ways to honor his memory, they decided they wanted to help another young man to have the experience of Trinity High School that Jay had.

The family has chosen to honor his memory by establishing a scholarship at Trinity High School in his name. The John "Jay" Patrick Howard '21 Memorial Scholarship will benefit a student interested in the performing arts at Trinity High School.

Please help us to endow this scholarship to honor Jay's memory by making a generous contribution. Jay will always be in our hearts. We will carry his memory with us forever but this scholarship will allow him to remain in the hearts of those he will touch in the future, the boys who love the stage and choir just like he did.








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  • Parker Frame
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    • 6 mos
  • Anonymous
    • $100
    • 9 mos
  • Amy Patel
    • $200
    • 9 mos
  • Ally McGrath
    • $10
    • 9 mos
  • Bill & Alyssa Murphy
    • $100
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Organizer and beneficiary

Nanette Merkley Vale
Organizer
Louisville, KY
Beth Howard
Beneficiary

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