West Point City Council plans to honor the late Millard Fuller at its regular council meeting Monday.

Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity and the Fuller Center for Housing, died Tuesday. Councilman Darren Kelley, who works as construction coordinator for the Chattahoochee Fuller Center project in West Point and Lanett and Valley, Ala., attended his burial Wednesday at Koininia Farm in Americus.

“He could have had a burial in New York City with chariots. He warranted that,” Kelley said. Instead, Fuller, 74, was buried in a pine box at the edge of a pecan grove on the farm where the first plans for Habitat for Humanity were made.

“He died like he lived,” Kelley said.

Fuller’s organizations built more than 300,000 houses worldwide. Most recently, the Chattahoochee Fuller Center has built 18 new houses in the three cities and renovated 10 more.

“His legacy will build 300,000 more houses,” Kelley said.

Along with a proclamation honoring Fuller, council Monday is expected to approve another proclamation for Black History Month. February marks black history month nationwide and Councilwoman Sandra Thornton said a special black history program is planned for Feb. 24.