M.K. married D.V. Fleming [Group Sheet]

M.K. — R.R. Aurre. [Group Sheet]

A.J. — L.S. Houston. [Group Sheet]

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Ottis Houston, age 91, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at the VA Nursing Home in Oxford. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church and a retired engineer. He was a World War II Air Force veteran, where he was involved in the Bataan Death March. He was captured a few days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and was a prisoner of war for three years, seven months and eight days; he was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. He was a member of The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Services were at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at Browning Funeral Home in Pontotoc with Bro. Johnathan Baker officiating. Burial will follow in Bay Springs Cemetery in Bay Springs.

Survivors include his two daughters, Linda Houpt (Alan), of Ecru, and Sandra Estes (Warren), of Bay Springs; a son, Johnny Stephens (Rachel), of Mendenhall; 11 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and six great-great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Vester E. Houston and Hattie Daughtry Houston; his wife, Lucy Mae Thornton; and a grandson, Scott Estes.

Visitation was from 5:30 until 8 p.m. on Thursday and from 9 until 10 a.m. on Friday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Friendship Baptist Church, 85 Friendship Road, Pontotoc, MS 38863.

(Published in The Daily Leader Newspaper of Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi on August 5, 2011)

Ottis married Lucy Mae Thornton 13 Mar 1948, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Lucy was born 22 Oct 1923, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 11 Feb 1988, Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA; was buried , Bay Springs Cemetery - Bay Springs, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Vesta E. Houston, 81, of 651 W. 69th, died at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Willis-Knighton Hospital following a three-month illness.

Mr. Houston, a retired contractor, was a native of Sarepta and had lived here for 51 years. He coached a little league baseball team and was a scoutmaster for many years.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Calvary Baptist Church, by the Rev. W.D. Martin, church pastor. Burial will be in Forest Park West Cemetery under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home.

Survivors include his widow; three sons, Lester Houston of Shreveport, Ottis G. Houston of Brookhaven, Miss., and David L. Houston of Baton Rouge; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Kelker of Shreveport; two sisters, Mrs. Grace Pugh of Sarepta and Mrs. Gertie Cochran of Springhill, 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on January 15, 1970)

Vesta married Hattye Elizabeth Daughtry 28 Feb 1915, Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA. Hattye was born 19 Feb 1894, Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 23 Mar 1979, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 24 Mar 1979, Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Funeral services for Hattye Daughtry Houston, 85, of 4235 Madera Drive, will be held at 4 p.m. today in the Southside Chapel of Rose-Neath Funeral Home, with the Rev. W.D. "Step" Martin, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Forest Park West Cemetery.

Mrs. Houston died at 4:30 a.m. Friday in Willis-Knighton Hospital after a long illness. She was a Grand Cane native and had lived in Shreveport 59 years. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.

Survivors include three sons, Lester E. Houston of Shreveport, Ottis G. Houston of Greenwood, Miss., and David L. Houston of Walker; a daughter, Elizabeth H. Kelker of Shreveport; a sister, Dovey Russell of Grand Cane; a brother, George Daughtry of Lufkin, Texas; 11 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on March 24, 1979)