Biography: Albert Howard Stebbins, III, age 95, of Little Rock, died Wednesday, November 15, 2006. He was born in Little Rock, October 22, 1910. He was descended from a French Canadian family that settled at Arkansas Post as early as 1784, and in 1818 bought the “Spanish Grant” Bartholimew plantation (part of which is still in the family) adjoining the future North Little Rock. Howard attended Little Rock schools and was in the first graduating class of Central High School in 1928. He earned his A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1932. He married Elsie Bellingrath on October 17, 1934. He served as President of both Stebbins & Roberts Paint Mfg. and the Coke a Cola Bottling Company of Arkansas. He served as President of many local civic and charitable organizations. Mr. Stebbins was a Navy Veteran; the last living member of the North Little Rock Airbase Committee, a 33* Mason, and member of St. Marks Episcopal Church. He is survived by his wife Elsie Bellingrath Stebbins of Little Rock. They had three sons; Albert Howard Stebbins, IV deceased, James Edward Stebbins and wife Helena, of Hampshire, England, Theodore Leon, “T.L.” Stebbins and wife Lucinda of Wellesley, Massachusetts, nine grandsons, six great-grandsons, and two great-granddaughters. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church with The Reverend Canon Ewing R. Jackson presiding. The interment will be private. The family will receive friends in the Parish Hall following services. In place of flowers, the family respectfully requests any memorials to be made to a charity of their choice. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.