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The life of John Earl Moore will be celebrated with a funeral service at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, October 14, 2023, at Rose Neath Funeral Home, 1815 Marshall Street, Shreveport, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Pastor Frank Gunn of Broadmoor Baptist Church. Visitation will be held prior to the service at 10:00 a.m. Interment will immediately follow the service at Forest Park Cemetery, 3700 St. Vincent Avenue, Shreveport, Louisiana.

John Earl was devoted in his faith by reading his Bible and daily devotional every morning.

John Earl Moore was born September 26, 1937 in Shreveport, Louisiana, to John Edward and Frances Eloise Moore. John Earl went to be with the Lord Saturday, October 7, 2023 following a short illness, with the love of his life Jon Dell Moore at his side. For over forty years, John Earl was a construction sales representative for Associated Building Supply, Minden Lumber, and Howard Lumber. "Poppi", as John Earl was affectionally referred to by his family, was an avid fisherman and hunter. After catching the biggest Opelousas catfish right out his front door on Caddo Lake, Poppi would fry up the best supper around. In his later years, he became a softie to God's creatures (his beloved dog, Bella, slept snuggled against him each night). John Earl loved to be surrounded by his family and friends and regaled them with his jokes, pranks, and stories. He was also known for his elaborate holiday prayers that warmed our hearts and cooled our food.

Left to treasure John Earl's memory are Jon Dell, his loving wife of 65 years; brothers, Jerry Moore, Tinker Moore and wife Mary, and T-Willie Moore; children, Jeff Moore and wife Sandra, Tina Langston and husband David, and Misty Meendsen and husband Fred; grandchildren, Matthew Bryson and wife Chelsea, Chelsea Scott and husband Alex, Aaron Langston, Christina Causey and husband Jeremy, Peyton Moore and wife Georgie, Erik Meendsen and wife Georgia, and Alec Meendsen and wife Caitlin, along with six great-grandchildren Kylie Moore, Ava Scott, Langston and Lindyn Causey, Barrett Bryson, and Liam Moore.

Honoring John Earl as pallbearers will be Scott Bryan, Matthew Bryson, Jeremy Causey, Aaron Langston, Alec Meendsen, Erik Meendsen, and honorary pallbearer Peyton Moore.

The family suggests memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.

(Published by Rose-Neath Funeral Home of Shreveport, LA)

John — J.D. Bryan. [Group Sheet]

1. J.A. Moore
2. T.C. Moore
3. M.L. Moore

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Johnnie Edgar Moore
(February 11, 1906 - June 5, 2010)

Johnnie Edgar Moore, born February 11, 1906, died June 5, 2010 at Winn Parish Medical Center after a long illness. He was preceded in death by his wife of 73 years Frances Houston Moore; his parents Sallie Elizabeth Oliver Moore and George Washington Moore; three brothers Thurmon, George, and Herman Moore; two sisters Vera Grimmett and Theodus Lyles; and daughter-in-law Hazel Moore.

He is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law John Earl and Jon Dell Moore, Bobby and Fran Moore, Tommy and Mary Moore, Jerry Moore, and Clyde "T-Willie" and June Moore; and one sister Sarah Smart along with 11 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild.

The funeral will be held at Southern Funeral Home in Winnfield, LA on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 10:00 am with the Reverend Danny Keyes officiating and burial will be at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport, LA at 2:00 PM with Dr. Tom Harrison officiating. Visitation will be Monday, June 7 at Southern Funeral Home from 5-8 pm. Pallbearers are Wayne Melton, Jeff Horn, Weyman Clark, Robert Howell, Bill Bohannon, and Rusty Melton. Honorary pallbearers are Glenn Davis, James Sandifer, and Glenn Melton.

A special thanks to Dr. Eric Dupree and the medical staff at Winn Parish Medical Center and Winn Home Health and to sitters Dorothy Brown, Mary Bishop, and Teresa Bartley for their care of Mr. Johnnie and Mrs. Frances for several years.

(Southern Funeral Homes, Winnfield, LA.)

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Johnnie Moore

Johnnie was born on February 11, 1906 and passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2010.

Johnnie was a resident of Winnfield, Louisiana at the time of his passing.

He was preceded in death by his wife Frances.

The funeral will be held at Southern Funeral Home in Winnfield, LA on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 10:00 am with the Reverend Danny Keyes officiating and burial will be at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport, LA at 2:00 PM with Dr. Tom Harrison officiating. Visitation will be Monday, June 7 at Southern Funeral Home from 5-8 pm.

Johnnie married Frances Eloise Houston 27 Jun 1936, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Frances (daughter of Isaac Newton Houston and Cora Belle Dance) was born 28 Jan 1910, Good Pine, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 18 Jun 2009, Mooringsport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 21 Jun 2009, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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SHREVEPORT, LA - Frances Houston Moore, age 99, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 18, 2009. Graveside services will be held Forest Park Cemetery at 11:00 am at Forest Park Cemetery. Dr. Tom Harrison of Broadmoor Baptist Church, where Frances has been a member throughout her adulthood, will officiate.

Frances was preceded in death by her parents Cora Dance and Isaac Houston as well as her brother Earl Houston and sister Lucille Houston Maurer. Frances is survived by her husband of 73 years, Johnnie Edgar Moore (age 103), their five sons and their spouses; John Earl and Jon Dell Moore, Bobby and Fran Moore, Tommy and Mary Moore, Jerry and Hazel Moore, and T-Willie and June Moore as well as eleven grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Broadmoor Baptist Church.

(Published in Shreveport Times on June 21, 2009)

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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.