S.R. married E.W. Carranza, Jr. [Group Sheet]

1. J.E. Carranza

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SHREVEPORT, LA - Mr. Earl L. Houston, Sr. died at home suddenly on March 20, 1995. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 22 at First Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Robert Guffey, Jr., assisted by Newell O. Pugh.

He was born in Shreveport, LA on May 6, 1915 and was preceded in death by his parents, Isaac Newton and Cora Dance Houston. He attended Byrd High School and Louisiana State University where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He served in the 379th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as the pilot of a B-17.

An avid golfer, he was a charter member of the East Ridge County Club and Southern Trace County Club and presently a member of Shreveport County Club. He was a member of the Triple Triangle Sunday School and a deacon of First Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia Reily and two sons, Earl L. Houston, Jr. and his wife, Susan Beauchamp Houston of Washington, D.C. and St. Thomas, U.S.V.I and Shelby N. Houston and his wife, Garen McGregor Houston of Shreveport; and a daughter, Susan H. Carranza and her husband, Elihu of Ocean Springs, MS; three grandchildren, Gennan M. Houston, Robin S. Houston and Joel Carranza; two sisters, Mrs. Johnnie Moore (Frances Houston Moore) of Shreveport, LA and Mrs. Carl Maurer (Lucile Houston Maurer) of Estes Park, CO.

Pallbearers will be Mason Jackson, Jr., Floyd L. Norton, Edward H. Railsback, John B. Greer, Jr., Charles B. Foster, General Gabe Disoway, Guido M. Pickett, W. Thomas Crowe, Hugh M. Stephens, Sidney G. Myers, William E. Fitzgerald, John D. Wheeless and E. Michael Harter, III.

Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Triple Triangle Sunday School Class, deacons of the First Baptist Church and employees of Allen Millworks.

The family requests that memorials be made to First Baptist Church and the charity of their choice.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on March 22, 1995)

Earl married Virginia Bell Reily 8 Nov 1941, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Virginia was born 17 Nov 1920, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 20 Mar 2024, Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA; was buried , Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Virginia Bell Reily Houston, stepped into Heaven at Lighthouse Retirement Home, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. She was 103.

Virginia was born on November 17, 1920, to Hermye Bell Reily and James Shelby Reily in Shreveport, LA. She attended CE College, Byrd High School and Centenary College where she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority. After college she married an Air Force pilot, Earl Lafayette Houston. They were married 50 years until his passing.

"Tenny", as she was affectionately known to her friends, dearly loved parties, bridge, golf, LSU, and traveling. After Earl passed, she traveled the world making new friends everywhere she went. Her favorite place was Gulf Shores, Alabama where she spent Christmas with family every year.

Tenny was a member of First Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA for 80 years. She loved her church and never missed a Sunday school class. When she could no longer attend the class in person she listened to it on her phone. She spent her last three years in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, home of her daughter and son-in-law, where she enjoyed living at the Lighthouse, an assisted living facility.

Virginia was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, James Shelby Reily Jr.; and her son, Shelby Newton Houston. She is survived by her children, Earl 'Jay' Lafayette Houston, Jr, Susan Houston Carranza, son-in-law Elihu Carranza and daughter-in-law, Garen McGregor Houston; grandchildren, Joel Elihu Carranza, Gennan Michelle Lenert, Robin Shelby Dixon, Anna Pearn Houston, and Beatrice Houston. She was also blessed with 5 great-grandchildren.

The family would like to thank all of her dedicated friends and the staff at the Oaks of Louisiana and The Lighthouse in Ocean Springs, who loved, cared for and supported her over the last few years.

A memorial service to be held at a later date in Shreveport, LA.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, West Jackson County, is proudly serving the Houston family. Share memories, condolences, and photos with his family at www.riemannfamily.com.

(Published by Riemann Family Funeral Home of Gulfport, MS)

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I.N. Houston Succumbs to Illness Here

Funeral Services Scheduled Today

Isaac Newton Houston, 77, local business executive for many years, died at his home at 8888 Mansfield Rd. at 9:05 a.m. Sunday after a long illness.

He was president of the Central Wholesale Co., a building materials firm located at 2730 Linwood Ave. He was the senior deacon in the First Baptist Church, and was a past member of the Shreveport Rotary Club.

Mr. Houston was a native of Sarepta, but had resided in Shreveport since 1912, when he moved here from Good Pine. His first wife, Cora Dance, whom he married in 1904, died in 1935. the second Mrs. Houston, nee Clara Brock, whom he married in 1938, died in 1941.

Funeral services will be held at the Osborn Chapel at 10 a.m. Monday. Dr. James W. Middleton, pastor of the First Baptist Church will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Harold Bennett. Burial will follow at Forest Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Gus Brandt, Herman W. Moore, Jack W. Martin, David A. Schoolfield, Mason L. Burrough, and Billy G. Irvan.

Honorary pallbearers will be deacons and directors of the First Baptist Church.

Mr. Houston is survived by one son, Earl L. Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Carl B. Maurer and Mrs. Johnnie Moore, all of Shreveport; Mrs. Ben Pugh, Sarepta, and Mrs. Porter Cochran, of Springhill; two brothers, V.E. Houston, Shreveport, and Lee Houston, of Sarepta; 11 grandchildren and a number of nephews and nieces.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on March 14, 1955)

Isaac married Cora Belle Dance 15 Jun 1904, Linden, Cass County, Texas, USA. Cora was born 7 Feb 1875, West Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas, USA; died 26 Mar 1935, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 27 Mar 1935, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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MRS. HOUSTON RITES TODAY

Wife of Prominent Lumberman Will Be Buried in Forest Park

Last rites for Mrs. Cora Dance Houston, 60, wife of I.N. Houston, prominent local lumberman, who died in a local sanitarium at 4 p.m. Tuesday, will be held from the First Baptist church at 10 a.m. today, the Rev. M.E. Dodd officiating. Interment will be in the Forest Park cemetery under the direction of Osborne's funeral home.

Mrs. Houston was born in Columbus, Texas, Feb. 7, 1875. Later with her parents she moved to Queen City, Ark., and later to Stamps, Ark. She was employed in Stamps by the Bodcaw Lumber company. She was married in Queen City in 1904. The couple moved to Shreveport in 1912. Mrs. Houston had been an active member of the First Baptist church since that time.

Surviving besides the widower, are a son, Earl Lafayette Houston, and two daughters, Miss Frances Eloise Houston and Lucile Dance Houston, one sister Mrs. J.E. Ellington of Queen City, Ark., and one brother, H.P. Dance, of Lake Wales, Fla.

Active pallbearers will be F.W. Bowen, J.O. Cupples, Claire C. Clark, J.M. Robinson, John L. Avery, Glenn Alfred, R.N. Allen and R.E. Jacobs. Honorary pallbearers will be deacons and directors of the First Baptist church.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on March 27, 1935)

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Lazarus L. Houston, 84-year old pioneer resident of this section and the head of a large and prominent North Louisiana family, died at his home near Sarepta, La. Mr. Houston was born near Cuthbert, Randolph County, Ga. The son of Samuel T. and Esther Martin Houston. He was the sixth of a family of 13 children. When a boy he moved with his parents to Webster Parish, La., where they settled on a homestead tract near Sarepta. There his mother gave the name Sarepta to the town that sprang up near their home. Mr. Lazarus L. (Lat) remained until his death on the Houston homestead where he and his wife reared a large family. He was married March 16, 1871, to Fannie Viola Campbell. His wife and ten children survive him. He was a devout member of the Baptist Church."

Children: G. O. Houston, Lonnie, I. N., Vester, Mrs. Egan Hodges, of Shreveport, La.; Mrs. Ban Pugh and Lee, of Sarepta; Mrs.. Porter Cochran, of Springhill; Dr. W. M. Houston, of Eldorado, Arkansas; Mrs. John F. Adkins of Cotton Valley. There are also 41 grandchildren and 8 great grand-children. Others who survive him are a brother, Dennitt M. Houston, of Shreveport, and a sister.

(Source: Sarepta LA., dated March 5, 1931)

Lazarus married Frances Viola Campbell 16 Mar 1871, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA. Frances (daughter of John Burchfield Campbell, Sr. and Ruth Elizabeth Cavett) was born 1 Sep 1854, Rocky Mount, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 31 Jul 1931, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 1 Aug 1931, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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PIONEER WOMAN DIES AT SAREPTA

Mother of Local Resident Dies After Illness of One Month.

Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie Campbell Houston, 76, widow of the late L.L. Houston, were held Saturday afternoon at Sarepta, Webster parish. Mrs. Houston, who is the mother of G.O. Houston, assistant superintendent of Caddo parish schools, died Friday afternoon at her home near Sarepta. Mrs. Houston was the mother of 16 children, 10 of who survive her.

Mrs. Houston's husband died four months ago. Mr. and Mrs. Houston were pioneer residents of Webster parish. Mrs. Houston became ill a month ago and her death was expected.

Mrs. Houston was Miss Fannie Viola Campbell. She was born at Rocky Mount, Bossier parish, Sept. 1, 1854. She was married March 16, 1871.

Survivors are the following sons and daughters: Dr. W.M. Houston, El Dorado, Ark.; I.N., L., G.O. and V.E. Houston, all of Shreveport; Lee L. Houston, Sarepta; Mrs. J.F. Adkins, Cotton Valley, La.; Mrs. G.E. Hodges, Shreveport; Mrs. Porter Cochran, Sarepta; Mrs. S.B. Pugh, Sarepta. A brother, the Rev. T.M. Campbell, of Shongaloo, 43 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Joel McCann at the Sarepta Baptist church where Mrs. Houston was a member.