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SAREPTA, LA. - Services for Mrs. Lillie Franks Houston, 84, of Sarepta, will be held at 4 p.m. Friday June 17 at New Sarepta Baptist Church. Rev. Scott Teutsch will officiate, assisted by Rev. Leo Beck. Burial: Old Sarepta Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Mortuary, Springhill.

Mrs. Houston died Thursday, June 16, 1988, at Humana Hospital, Springhill following a short illness. She was a native of Sarepta having lived there for the past 67 years. She was a member of the New Sarepta Baptist Church and was a retired school teacher, having taught first grade in the Sarepta School District for 42 years. She also taught one year at Minden, La.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Hollis Houston, January 9, 1987.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Hollis Jeanne Childs of Minden, La. and Mrs. Lillie Merle Evans, of Sarepta; 3 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be: Bob Patterson, Joe Love, P.S. Phillips, C.G. Alford, B.H. Huckaby, Curtis Morgan, Harold Newsome, and Richard Griffin.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on June 17, 1988)

Lillie married John Hollis Houston 29 Dec 1925. John (son of John Thomas Houston, M.D. and Hattie Jane Hollis) was born 19 Jan 1904, Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 9 Jan 1987, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 11 Jan 1987, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Hollis Jeanne Houston was born 10 Jul 1927, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 1 Oct 2008, Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 3 Oct 2008, Pilgrims Rest Cemetery - Shongaloo, Louisiana, USA.
2. Lillie Merle Houston was born 13 Jan 1929, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 17 Sep 2007, Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 19 Sep 2007, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA.