Vesta Edgar Houston
1888 - 1970 (81 years)-
Photos Houston Siblings
Taken in 1948 at Isaac Newton Houston's House on Mansfield Road in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Back Row: Vester Houston, Isaac Newton Houston, Lonnie Houston.
Front Row: Lee Lazarus Houston, Ruth Houston Hodges, Grace Houston Pugh, Gertie Houston Cochran
(PHOTO BELONGS TO CODY LEBLANC. DO NOT USE OUTSIDE OF THIS SITE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE OWNER)1920 Lazarus and Fannie Houston Family
First row: Fannie Elizabeth Houston, Newell Osteen Pugh, Earl Lafayette Houston, Lester Ennis Houston, Elizebeth Houston, Francis Nevel Houston, Ottis Gilmer Houston, Frances Elizabeth Houston, Vernia Margaret Pugh, Margaret Elsie Houston, Stephen Bannerman Pugh Jr.
Middle Row: Lilly Ruth Houston, Artie Eleanor Braswell Houston, Van Lazarus Houston, Dr. William Martin Houston, Frances "Fannie" Viola Campbell Houston, Ruth Evelyn Houston, Lazarus Lafayette "Lat" Houston, Mary Eleanor Houston, Frances Eloise "Smokie" Houston
Back Row: Lonnie Houston, Cora Bell Dance Houston, Isaac Newton Houston, Hattie Jane Hollis Houston, Vesta Edgar Houston, Grace Elizabeth Houston Pugh, Lucille Dance Houston Maurer, Fannie Lou Houston, Gilbert Orren Houston, Ada Verlie Houston, Sybil Garnett Houston, William Aubrey Houston, Lonnie Gordon HoustonHouston 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.
Documents U.S. World War I Draft Card - Vesta Edgar Houston
Name: Vesta E. Houston
County: Claiborne
State: Louisiana
Birth Place: Sarepta, Louisiana, Unites States of America
Birth Date: 28 Jul 1888
Race: Caucasian (White)
Occupation: Farming
Employer: Self
Place of Employment: Culquitt, La.
Color of Eyes: Gray
Color of Hair: BlackMarriage Announcement of Vesta Edgar Houston and Hattye Elizabeth Daughtry
Published in The Mansfield Enterprise on March 4, 1915U.S. World War II Draft Card - Vesta Edgar Houston
Name: Vesta E. Houston
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Jul 1888
Residence Place: Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942
Relationship to Draftee: HeadObituary of Vesta Edgar Houston
Published in The Shreveport Times on January 15, 1970
Headstones Headstone of Vesta Edgar Houston and Hattye Elizabeth Daughtry Houston
Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USAHeadstone of Vesta Edgar Houston
Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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Name Vesta Edgar Houston Born 28 Jul 1888 Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Gender Male Died 14 Jan 1970 Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried 16 Jan 1970 Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Person ID I1545 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 22 Feb 2021
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 Hattye Elizabeth Daughtry, b. 19 Feb 1894, Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 23 Mar 1979, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 85 years) Married 28 Feb 1915 Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA Children + 1. Lester Ennis Houston, b. 25 Oct 1916, Colquitt, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 7 Aug 1986, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 69 years) + 2. Ottis Gilmer Houston, b. 12 Sep 1919, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 3 Aug 2011, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA (Age 91 years) + 3. Fannie Elizabeth Houston, b. 7 Dec 1921, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 6 Apr 1998, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 76 years) 4. David Lee Houston, b. 7 Oct 1931, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 19 Dec 1998, Walker, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 67 years) Last Modified 22 Feb 2021 Family ID F890 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Obituary:
Vesta E. Houston, 81, of 651 W. 69th, died at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Willis-Knighton Hospital following a three-month illness.
Mr. Houston, a retired contractor, was a native of Sarepta and had lived here for 51 years. He coached a little league baseball team and was a scoutmaster for many years.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Calvary Baptist Church, by the Rev. W.D. Martin, church pastor. Burial will be in Forest Park West Cemetery under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home.
Survivors include his widow; three sons, Lester Houston of Shreveport, Ottis G. Houston of Brookhaven, Miss., and David L. Houston of Baton Rouge; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Kelker of Shreveport; two sisters, Mrs. Grace Pugh of Sarepta and Mrs. Gertie Cochran of Springhill, 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Shreveport Times on January 15, 1970)
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