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Mrs. L. Houston died Saturday of last week at her home in Shreveport, death resulting from an attack of influenza. She leaves a widower and five young children. Mr. and Mrs. Houston formerly resided in the Linton community and at Benton. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. Alex Bumgardner, of Linton.

(Published in The Bossier Banner on March 4, 1920)

Obituary:

Mrs. Ada Houston, aged 35 years, wife of Lonnie Houston, died last night at the home of his brother, I.N. Houston, 927 Unadilla street, South Highlands. Funeral services will be conducted from the home 927 Unadilla street, this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment in Forest Park cemetery.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on February 28, 1920)

Ada married Lonnie Houston 2 Sep 1903, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Lonnie (son of Lazarus Lafayette Houston and Frances Viola Campbell) was born 13 Jul 1879, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 30 Jun 1954, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 2 Jul 1954, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs. Ada Verlie Fletcher, 63, of 827 Euclid St., Houston, Tex., a former Shreveport resident, died Tuesday in a Houston hospital.

Mrs. Fletcher was a native of Elliott, Ark. She was a member of the Woodland Baptist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of Postal Supervisors.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Sam H. Green Funeral Home chapel in Houston. The Rev. Odom Dyess will officiate. Burial will be here in Forest Park Cemetery, with graveside services at 10 a.m. Friday.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on May 6, 1970)

Ada married Powell Washington Fletcher 2 Jul 1926, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Powell was born 17 Mar 1906, Rayville, Richland Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 20 Jun 1969, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried 23 Jun 1969, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Graveside services for Mrs. Sybil Houston Goodgion, 74, of Shreveport, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, October 18, 1982, at Forest Park Cemetery. Dr. N.O. Pugh, Minister of Senior Adults, of First Baptist Church, will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Wellman Funeral Home. Visitation will be at Wellman's Funeral Home from 8:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., Monday. Mrs. Goodgion died Saturday, October 16, 1982, at Schumpert Medical Center, of a sudden illness.

A resident of Shreveport most of her life, Mrs. Goodgion was a member of Highland Baptist Church and Highlanders Senior Choir.

Survivors include: a son, Ernest Randolph Goodgion of Willows, California; two daughters, Sybil Ruth Goodgion Clarke, of Shreveport and Nancy Elizabeth Goodgion Mook, of Metairie, La.; a brother, Lonnie G. Houston, of Beaumont, Texas; a sister, Margaret Houston LeBlanc, of College Station, Texas; and six grandchildren.

Pallbearers are: Harvey B. Ratcliffe, Walton M. Ray, Joe O. Theriot, and grandsons; Cadet H. Grant Clarke, Daniel H. Clarke and John Ernest Mook.

The family requests in lieu of flowers that memorial contributions be made to the donor's choice.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on October 18, 1982)

Sybil married Ernest Ruel Goodgion 21 Mar 1929, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Ernest was born 19 Apr 1897, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 23 Mar 1978, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 25 Mar 1978, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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BEAUMONT, TEXAS - Graveside services for Lonnie Gordon "Red" Houston, 81, will be held at Forest Park Cemetery on Monday, May 24, 1993 at 10 a.m. Visitation will be held at Osborn Funeral Home at 3631 Southern Ave., from 7 to 9 p.m., Sunday, May 23, 1993. Mr. Houston was a native of Shreveport and had lived in Beaumont, Texas for the past 16 years.

Mr. Houston was preceded in death by his wife, Winnie Ruth Houston and is survived by one daughter, Wanda Claire Houston of San Francisco, CA and a sister, Margaret LeBlanc of College Station, Texas.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on May 22, 1993)

Lonnie married Winnie Ruth Stuckey 9 Feb 1938, Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA. Winnie was born 4 Aug 1909, Oklahoma, USA; died 29 Jul 1992, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried 31 Jul 1992, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Francis Nevel Houston, 25, of 221 Leo street, sales manager for the Central Wholesale Company, Inc., died in a local hospital Monday at 6 p.m. after a brief illness.

Mr. Houston was born in Shreveport May 3, 1914; was a graduate of Byrd high school, and a member of the First Baptist church.

He is survived by his widow, the former Mattie Amanda Dickinson, of Doyline, whom he married May 2, 1936; an infant son, Francis Nevel, II; his father, Lonnie Houston, of the Caddo Roofing and Siding company; one brother, Lonnie Gordon Houston, of Montgomery, Ala.; and seven sisters, Mrs. P.W. Fletcher, Mrs. E.R. Goodgion, Margaret, Lucy, Elaine, Carolyn, and Esther Houston, all of Shreveport.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today at the Osborn funeral home. Dr. M.E. Dodd, pastor of the First Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery. The body will be at the home from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.

Pallbearers will be Earl Houston, R.O. Burns, Grover Colvin, John E. Dickinson, W.E. Dickinson and C.P. Campbell. Honorary pallbearers will be William Cherry, Gus Brandt, Carl Maurer and Johnnie Moore.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on November 21, 1939)

Francis married Mattie Amanda Dickinson 2 May 1936, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Mattie was born 2 Oct 1914, Doyline, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 27 Dec 1971, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 28 Dec 1971, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Margaret Elsie (Houston) LeBlanc, 94, went to be with the Lord on the morning of February 15, 2013 surrounded by her loved ones at home in College Station, Texas.

Margaret was born on August 14, 1918 in Shreveport, La., to Lonnie Houston and Ada Lillian Bumgardner, the youngest of 5 children. Her mother passed away when Margaret was only 14 months old. As a kid, Margaret spent a lot of time outdoors, playing shinny, or street hockey, and playing with paper dolls. She loved reading and being read to. Margaret graduated from C.E. Byrd High School of Shreveport in 1936 and was a homemaker. Shortly after, Margaret met her husband Howard J. LeBlanc in Shreveport and they married December 23, 1939. They had their only daughter, Cherie, in 1946. Howard was an air traffic controller, often moving around with his work. Margaret and Howard moved to Puerto Rico in 1958 and then to College Station, Texas in 1961. Her grandson, Brian, was born shortly after. Howard passed away in 1984, leaving her daughter to care for her. With the birth of her great-grandson in 1993, Margaret sought to take care of him while Cherie was at work, providing lots of love and care. Family meant the world to her.

She is preceded in death by her father, Lonnie Houston; mother, Ada Bumgardner Houston; brothers Francis Nevel Houston and Lonnie Gordon Houston; sisters Sybil Houston Goodgion, Verlie Houston Fletcher, and Viola Houston; and her husband of 45 years Howard John LeBlanc.

Survivors include one daughter, Cherie LeBlanc of College Station, Texas; one grandson, Brian LeBlanc of Queen Creek, Ariz.; one great-grandson, Cody LeBlanc of College Station; nieces, Patsy Beck of Denton, Texas, Sybil Clarke of Shreveport, La., and Nancy Mook of New Orleans, La.; one nephew, Nevel Houston Ehrhardt, and a host of wonderful friends and neighbors.

With heartfelt gratitude, the family expresses their deep appreciation to Dr. Adel Massoud and the College Station Medical Center staff, along with Brazos Valley Hospice.

Per her request, Margaret's body is to be donated to the Texas A&M Medical School. There will be no funeral service. Any donations may be made to Brazos Valley Hospice.

(Published in the Bryan-College Station Eagle on February 17, 2013)

Death Notice:

Margaret Elsie LeBlanc

Margaret Elsie LeBlanc, 94, of College Station, went to be with her Lord on Friday, February 15, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. Hillier Funeral Home has been entrusted with arranging donation of her body to Texas A&M University.

(Published in The Bryan-College Station Eagle on February 16, 2013)

Margaret married Howard John LeBlanc 23 Dec 1939, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Howard (son of Clebert Joseph LeBlanc and Marie Clementine LeBleu) was born 16 Nov 1912, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 2 Mar 1984, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA; was buried 4 Mar 1984, College Station Cemetery - College Station, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Betty Virginia Fletcher, 19, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.W. Fletcher, long time Shreveport residents, died at 2:45 p.m. yesterday at Houston, Texas. She had been ill of pneumonia for a week.

Miss Fletcher moved to Houston about a year ago with her parents. She was reared in Shreveport and attended school here. Her father was employed by the Shreveport Railways company for many years.

Besides her parents, she is survived by one sister, Patsy Ann Fletcher, Houston; and the maternal and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Houston and Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Fletcher, all of Shreveport.

Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Osborn funeral chapel in Shreveport and burial will be in Forest Park cemetery. The Rev. F.W. Harold, pastor of the Woodlawn Baptist church, Houston, will conduct services.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on July 22, 1947)

P.A. married E.J. Beck [Group Sheet]

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A memorial service for Ernest Randall "Randy" Goodgion, of Willows, will be 1 p.m. Thursday at the Christian Church in Willows.

Memorial donations may be made to The Randy Goodgion Scholarship Fund, c/o Willows High School, 203 North Murdock St., Willows 95988

Arrangements under the direction of Nadeau Family Funeral Home, 455-7700.

(Published in The Reporter on Apr. 13, 2005)



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WILLOW, CA - Ernest Randall "Randy" Goodgion retired to the teachers' lounge in the sky on Sunday, April 10th, 2005.

Randy was born February 1, 1934 in Shreveport where he graduated from Byrd High School in 1952 and Centenary College in 1956. Randy possessed considerable humor and brio-always ready to brighten a friend's day with a joke or off-color story. As part of his family's dancing troop, Randy performed with his sisters, Sybil and Nancy Goodgion, for wounded soldiers during World War II at veteran hospitals all over Louisiana and Texas. The troop danced for the Clyde Fant for Mayor Campaign, the Centenary Choir and many area civic clubs. After serving his country in the US Army, Randy moved to Willows, California where he taught English and French for 40 years at Willows High School and Butte College where a scholarship was established in his honor in 1999.

He is survived by his sisters, Sybil Goodgion Clarke and Nancy Goodgion Mook, as well as his many nieces, nephews, and former students.

A graveside service will commence at 2:00 PM at Forest Park Cemetery on Tuesday, April 19, 2005. Officiating will be Rev. Steven Spurlock, pastor of Broadmoor United Methodist Church.

He will be remembered as a jolly, boisterous teacher, uncle, brother, and friend. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Willows High School PTA.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on April 18, 2005)

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Sybil Goodgion Clarke, devoted wife, beloved mother, and spirited grandmother took her final bow on Tuesday, December 10, 2013.

She was born to Sybil Houston Goodgion and Ernest Ruel Goodgion on July 30, 1935 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Sybil was, at her heart, a tap dancer; an artist whose surprising idiosyncrasies and broad improvisations astonished and delighted us all. Sybil danced to her own beat. She performed tap and ballet as part of her family dance troop in the 40s and 50s. She was a 1953 graduate of C.E. Byrd and attended Louisiana Tech. In the early 60s, she worked at Penrod Oil as a secretary where she was set up on a blind date with a young geologist, Dee Clarke. They would later marry and have four sons. She loved Dee through over 45 years of marriage, and nursed him through 25 years of Parkinson's Disease. Sybil was an active member of Broadmoor United Methodist Church, Shreveport Garden Club, her Sunday School Class, and the Shreveport Geological Society. In her spare time, she tutored kids at A.C. Steere Elementary in reading.

She always spoke her mind. She wore purple. She wore orange. She wore yellow. Sometimes all together, with rhinestones. She knew how to have fun. She loved God and her family. She never gave up on any of us. She prayed for everyone.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Harris Gibson Clarke Jr. as well as both of her parents and her brother, Ernest Randolf Goodgion.

She is survived by her four sons and their families: Mr. and Mrs. Harris Grant Clarke of Seattle, WA; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Clarke of Dallas, TX; Mr. and Mrs. Will Clarke of Dallas, TX; Mr. and Mrs. Josh Clarke of Shreveport; her sister, Nancy Goodgion Mook of Greenville, NC. Her grandchildren: Breanna and Jeremy Balis of Salem, West Virginia; Ainsley Clarke, Caroline Clarke, Elizabeth Clarke, Andrew Witcher, and Jack Witcher of Dallas; Ben Clarke and Madeline Clarke of Seattle; Caleb Clarke, Morgan Clarke, and Katelyn Clarke of Shreveport. Her great grandchildren: Olivia Balis and Jacob Balis of Salem, West Virginia.

Viewing is Friday Dec. 13, from 6:00 until 7:00 PM in Wellman's Memorial Chapel at Forest Park Funeral Home.

Her service will be Sat. Dec. 14 at Broadmoor United Methodist at 11:00 AM and a graveside service will follow at Forest Park Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on December 12, 2013)

Sybil married Harris Gibson Clarke, Jr. 29 Dec 1961, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Harris was born 14 Nov 1933, Warren County, Mississippi, USA; died 4 Jul 2009, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

N.E. married J.J. Mook [Group Sheet]

Wanda — .. Unknown [Group Sheet]

F.N. married L.S. McGlathery [Group Sheet]

C.A. married W. Crnkovic, Jr. (son of William Crnkovic, Sr. and Mildred Minnie Drgac) [Group Sheet]

C.A. — Private. [Group Sheet]

Michael married E.A. Mullen [Group Sheet]

P.J. — D.R. Stratta. [Group Sheet]

P.J. married T.L. Henry [Group Sheet]

H.G. married H.E. Hagen [Group Sheet]

H.G. — H.J. Delaubenfels. [Group Sheet]

D.H. married K.G. Henry [Group Sheet]

W.E. married M.J. Witcher [Group Sheet]

J.C. married C.D. Morvan [Group Sheet]

J.E. married C.M. Valenti [Group Sheet]

J.E. married K.M. Becnel [Group Sheet]

C.R. — D.L. Madden. [Group Sheet]

B.E. — D. Anaya. [Group Sheet]

B.E. — . Gonzales. [Group Sheet]

L.L. married J.B. Vaughan [Group Sheet]

A.D. — B.A. Hebert. [Group Sheet]

N.K. married D.S. Williams [Group Sheet]

J.B. married L.A. Crow (daughter of G.A. Crow and Deborah Ann Greer) [Group Sheet]

J.B. married D.A. Hunter (daughter of T.E. Hunter and A.D. Taubert) [Group Sheet]