Powell resident aims to help those suffering from mental illness
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September 8, 2022
Mark Davis, Powell Tribune
Heather Lang of Powell hopes to share her experience with losing her brother TG Howard to suicide in an effort to help others who are contemplating harming themselves or family and friends worried for their loved ones.
POWELL- The family of Thomas "TG" Howard wanted to make sure they didn't hide his mental illness and depression, listing it as his cause of death in his obituaries. It was important to find a positive in the unthinkably hard reality of how he died.
Howard took his own life Christmas day, 2015. The popular athlete at Cody High School who joined the Navy after graduation had first turned to alcohol and then opiates in an effort to deal with his mental illness.
"A lot of people that struggle with mental illness also struggle with addiction," said Howard's sister Heather Lang, of Powell. Howa...
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