James Milton Howell. He was 96 years old. He is our business associate who helped Jose learn the BBQ business. Jim, as he is fondly known, served in World War II, the Korean War. One of his flight Instructors was John Glenn. Mr. Howell started in the restaurant business back in Corpus Christi. He came to Austin in the mid 80’s and opened the Donn’s BBQ located at FM 969. Jim opened another location in Oak Hill in 1994 with a 3rd location opening in 2013 along I-35, South.