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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]

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Funeral services for Mrs. Hollis Jeanne Mitchell Childs, age 81, were held at 10:00 am Friday, Oct. 3, 2008 at the Mt. Paran Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Garner officiating. Burial followed in the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Mortuary, Springhill, LA.

Mrs. Childs, a lifelong resident of this area, died Wednesday, October 1, 2008 in Springhill, La. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Dixie Inn, was a homemaker and a healthcare sitter. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She is preceded in death by her husbands, Rodger S. Mitchell, Sr., on June 6, 1976 and by Thurston Childs in April, 1996; her parents, John Hollis and Lillie Mae Franks Houston, granddaughter, Jimie Dale Mitchell and sister, Lillie Merle Evans.

She is survived by sons, Rodger S. Mitchell, Jr. and wife, Barbara of Shongaloo, LA; David H. Mitchell and wife, Kathleen, of Atlanta, TX; grandchildren, Rodger Mitchell III and wife, Lynette, Kimberly Vaughan and husband, Rusty, Carolyn Denise Mitchell, Kathy McGee and husband, Chris, Holli Shepard and husband, Keith, David Mitchell, Jr. and wife, Dusty; great-grandchildren, Austin, Connor, Bryant and Madison.

Serving as pallbearers were David Mitchell, Jr., Rodger Mitchell, III, Chris McGee, Keith Shepard, Rusty Vaughan and Paul Dean. Honorary pallbearers were Grover Arthur and John Talley.

(Published in the Springhill Press and News Journal on October 16, 2008)

Hollis married Rodger Sherman Mitchell, Sr. 12 Feb 1946, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA. Rodger was born 6 Aug 1915, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 6 Jun 1976, Shongaloo, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 8 Jun 1976, Pilgrims Rest Cemetery - Shongaloo, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

Hollis married Bonnie Thurston Childs 27 Oct 1980, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA. Bonnie was born 1 Mar 1914, Grove, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 28 Apr 1996, Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 1 May 1996, Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum - Red Chute, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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SPRINGHILL, LA - Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Merle Evans, age 78, will be held Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 2:00 PM in the Bailey Mortuary Chapel with Bro. Mike Richardson officiating. Interment will follow in the Old Sarepta Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Mortuary, Springhill, LA.

Mrs. Evans was born January 13, 1929 in Sarepta, LA to John Hollis and Lillie May Franks Houston and passed away September 17, 2007 in Springhill, LA. She was a resident of Springhill and a member of New Sarepta Baptist Church.

She is survived by her daughter, Dianne Harkins and husband, Jimmy of Boerne, TX; grandson, Falon Derek Harkins of Alaska; sister, Hollis Jeane Childs of Shongaloo, LA and several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Evans was preceded in death by her parents.

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Springhill, LA 318/539-3555

(Published in Shreveport Times on Sept. 19, 2007_

Lillie married Robert Earl Evans, Jr. 27 Dec 1949, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, USA. Robert was born 25 May 1929, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 31 Oct 2011, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 2 Nov 2011, Wesley Chapel Cemetery - Ruston, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

R.S. married B.M. Taylor [Group Sheet]

D.H. — N.K. Whittington. [Group Sheet]

C.D. — J.L. Harkins. [Group Sheet]

R.S. — L.G. Maxwell. [Group Sheet]

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Funeral services for Ms. Kimberly Marie Mitchell, age 29, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Mt. Paran Baptist Church with Rev. Don Shirley and Rev. Jason Lupo officiating. Interment will follow in the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home, Springhill, LA.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, at Bailey Funeral Home.

Kimberly was born October 7, 1986 to Rodger Sherman Mitchell, Jr. and Barbara Marie Taylor Mitchell and passed away Thursday, December 31, 2015 in Shreveport, LA. She was a lifelong resident of this area, a member of the First Baptist Church in Cotton Valley where she was an active member of the choir and worked in the children's department. She was a graduate of Shongaloo High School class of 2006 and was a homemaker.

She is survived by her parents; brother, Rodger S. Mitchell, III and wife, Lynette of Foreman, AR; sister, Carolyn Denise Mitchell of Shongaloo, LA; her maternal grandmother, Carolyn F. Taylor of Magnolia, AR; a niece, A. J. Mitchell and special friend, Phillip Gulett of Haughton, LA.

Kimberly was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, J. L. Taylor, Jr.; maternal grandparents, Rodger S. Mitchell, Sr. and Hollis Houston Mitchell.

Pallbearers will be Dave Mitchell, Jr., Zac Joslin, Heath Joslin, David Joslin, Robert Rudd, T. W. Price, Rusty Price and Gary Sullivan.

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Springhill, LA
318-539-3555

(Published by Bailey Funeral Home of Springhill, LA)

Kimberly — R. Vaughan. [Group Sheet]

K.J. — C.M. McGee. [Group Sheet]

D.H. married D.K. Dunn [Group Sheet]

H.M. married M.K. Shepard [Group Sheet]

F.D. — M.N. Pearce. [Group Sheet]