Esther Houston

1874 - 1937  (62 years)

• Name	Esther Houston
  Born	13 Dec 1874	Shongaloo, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Apr 1937	Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	15 Apr 1937	Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I1536	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Lazarus Lafayette Houston,   b. 21 May 1847, Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 4 Mar 1931, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Frances Viola Campbell,   b. 1 Sep 1854, Rocky Mount, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 31 Jul 1931, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	16 Mar 1871	Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Robert Lee Wills,   b. 30 Jun 1870, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 23 Jun 1899, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 28 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1895	Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Children	1. John Edmond Wills,   b. 13 Jan 1897, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 30 Dec 1981, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John Franklin Adkins, Sr.,   b. 3 Oct 1880, Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 8 Aug 1954, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	2 Sep 1903	Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Children	1. Lillian Esther Adkins,   b. 28 Aug 1904, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 22 Oct 2002, White Oak, Gregg County, Texas, USA  (Age 98 years) + 2. George Houston Adkins,   b. 26 Dec 1906, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 13 Nov 1991, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA  (Age 84 years) + 3. Isha Mary Adkins,   b. 28 Oct 1908, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 20 Jun 1999, White Oak, Gregg County, Texas, USA  (Age 90 years) + 4. Frances Ruth Adkins,   b. 5 Nov 1911, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 3 Aug 1995, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 83 years)   5. John Franklin Adkins, Jr.,   b. 17 Dec 1913, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 8 Nov 1965, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA  (Age 51 years) + 6. Pennie Wills Adkins,   b. 9 Oct 1918, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 15 Sep 1971, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 13 Dec 1874 - Shongaloo, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Married - 31 Dec 1895 - Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Married - 2 Sep 1903 - Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 14 Apr 1937 - Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - 15 Apr 1937 - Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Houston Home in Sarepta, Louisiana The house of Lazarus Lafayette Houston and Fannie Viola Campbell Houston in Sarepta, Louisiana where they raised all of their children.
  		1900 Houston Family of Sarepta, Louisiana Taken at the home of Lazarus and Fannie Houston in Sarepta, Louisiana.
  		Esther Houston Wills Adkins

  
  

  Documents		Obituary of Esther Houston Wills Adkins Published in the Webster Review on April 16, 1937
  		Adkins Family Holds Reunion at Shongaloo Published in The Shreveport Times on June 27, 1948

  
  

  Headstones		Headstone of John Franklin Adkins, Sr. and Esther Houston Wills Adkins Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA
  		Headstone of Esther Houston Wills Adkins Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Houston Wills Adkins, who died at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday in a Shreveport sanitarium, were held in the Baptist Church of Cotton Valley at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. S.E. Ellis, of Gladewater, Texas, and Dave Coyle, of Cotton Valley, officiating. Interment was made in Sarepta, La. Mrs. Adkins is survived by four sons, J.E. Wills of Cotton Valley, Houston Adkins of Henderson, Texas, John F. Adkins, Jr. of Cotton Valley, and Pennie Wills Adkins of Cotton Valley; three sisters, Mrs. Egan Hodges of Shreveport, Mrs. Porter Cochran of Sarepta, and Mrs. Ben Pugh of Sarepta; six brothers, Dr. W.M. Houston of El Dorado, Ark., G.O. Houston of Baton Rouge, I.N. Houston, Lonnie Houston, V.E. Houston, all of Shreveport, and Lee Houston of Sarepta; and four grandchildren, Audrey, Jean, Patricia and George Hunter Cloud, Billy Ray Service and Gwen Pee Adkins. (Published in the Webster Review on April 16th, 1937)