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Claude Howell's Second, Final Resting Place

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Though a great painter and supporter of the arts, the late Claude Howell is remembered for more than his talents. 

He was notoriously colorful and eccentric, and, as Commentator Shane Fernando recalls, these characteristics lived on long after his death. Today, he talks about laying Claude's ashes to rest at his second final resting place.

Shane Fernando grew up in Wilmington, NC, being an avid WHQR listener during his childhood during the station's first years. He also served as WHQR's first intern. After graduation from UNCW in 2000, where he spearheaded the project and fundraising for the UNCW Millennium Clock Tower, he moved to Washington, DC to work in the U.S. Senate. In 2005, Shane returned to Wilmington, receiving his master's degree in Public Administration.