W.M. — M.K. Ellard. [Group Sheet]

1. C.K. Ashworth
2. M. Ashworth

T.L. — E.J. Cunningham. [Group Sheet]

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Harvey Lee Ashworth, 72, died Saturday, Nov. 8, 1997, at his residence after a long illness. He was a retired employee of Mississippi Power and Light in Jackson. He was a past Scout Master of Troop 12 in Marks. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of West Heights Baptist Church in Pontotoc.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the West Heights Baptist Church with the Rev. Dan Robertson officiating. A committal service will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Marks Cemetery. Browning Funeral Home of Pontotoc is in charge of the arrangements.

Survivors include his wife, Lilly Mae Self Ashworth of Pontotoc; two sons, Terry Lee Ashworth and his wife, Emily, of Nesbit and Gilbert Lynn Ashworth of Titusville, Fla.; one stepdaughter, Sherry Turnage McDaniel and her husband, David, of Pontotoc; two stepsons, Rick Turnage and his wife, Bonnie, of Baton Rouge, La., and Jeff Turnage and his wife, Susan, of Thaxton; one brother, Manuel Ashworth of Louisville, Ky.; eight grandchildren, Will, Andrew, Amy, Josh, Melissa, Dana, Samantha, and Paul; four stepgrandchildren, Janie, Cara, Kelsey and Jonthan.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Martha Houston Ashworth; and a brother, Cecil Ashworth.

Pallbearers will be Bill Snyder, Keith Self, Aubrey Collums, Johnny Towery, R.V. Perkins and Pete Heard.

Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Deas, Russell Ard, Franklin Merritt, James Wilson, Leonard Pritchard and Ken Morrison and John Craig.

Visitation will be from 3 until 9 p.m. today at the funeral home and from 8 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, West Heights Baptist Church or Baptist Hospital-North Mississippi Hospice Group, Oxford.

Harvey married Martha M. Houston 2 Jun 1946, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA. Martha (daughter of Lee Lazarus Houston and Nova Lena Mitchell) was born 2 Jun 1926, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 11 Mar 1983, Marks, Quitman County, Mississippi, USA; was buried , Marks Cemetery - Marks, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Lee L. Houston Rites Held Sunday

Funeral services were held Sunday at 4 p.m. for Lee L. Houston, 64, of Sarepta at the New Sarepta Baptist Church with the Rev. R. O. Bazer officiating.

Burial was in the Old Sarepta Cemetery under the direction of Norton's Funeral Home of Springhill.

Mr. Houston died at his home in Sarepta on Saturday, Sept. 1.

He is survived by his widow, five daughters, Thelma Houston, Virginia Houston and Fannie Houston, all of Sarepta, Mrs. M.J. Fielder of Shreveport and Mrs. H.L. Ashworth of Greenwood, Miss, two sisters, Mrs. Porter Cochran of Springhill and Mrs. S.B. Pugh of Sarepta, and one brother, V.E. Houston of Shreveport, and four grandchildren.

(Published in The Minden Herald on September 6, 1956)

Lee married Nova Lena Mitchell 17 Mar 1918. Nova was born 30 May 1898, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 5 Oct 1979, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 7 Oct 1979, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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SAREPTA - Nova Leona Houston, 81, of Sarepta died Friday night in Bossier Healthcare Center after a long illness.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today in New Sarepta Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard May officiating. Burial will be in Old Sarepta Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Mortuary of Springhill.

Survivors include five daughters, Thelma O'Glee of Sarepta, Mary Fielder of Shreveport, Martha Ashworth of Marks, Miss., Virginia Pace of Vicksburg, Miss., and Carroll Youngblood of Ocean Springs, Miss.; and one brother, J.D. Mitchell of Shongaloo.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on October 7, 1979)