James Ralph "Ralph" Houston, originally from Charleston, MS, died after complications from cirrhosis in Buffalo, NY, on Monday, October 1, 2018, at the age of 64.
Raised on a family farm near Charleston, he and his two siblings spent the remainder of their childhood in Starkville. He attended Mississippi State University and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He loved motorcycles, airplanes, and making corned beef. He sang tenor for the First Baptist Choir in Tupelo and performed in Handel's Messiah. He was a kind man who worked hard, including more than two decades at Cockrell Banana Company in Tupelo. He was a loving father and grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Bonnie Nell Templeton Houston, of Starkville, his father, William James Houston, of Charleston, his stepdaughter, Shelah Michelle Dye, of Tupelo, and his sister, Barbara Houston Garrett, of Jackson.
No prior visitation. His remains will be interred during a private service in the family plot at Rocky Branch Cemetery in Charleston.
Arrangements by: ERIE COUNTY CREMATION SERVICE, (716) 824-6435, 873 Abbott Rd., Buffalo, NY 14220. Please share your condolences at: www.ERIECOUNTYCREMATIONSERVICE.com
Raised on a family farm near Charleston, he and his two siblings spent the remainder of their childhood in Starkville. He attended Mississippi State University and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He loved motorcycles, airplanes, and making corned beef. He sang tenor for the First Baptist Choir in Tupelo and performed in Handel's Messiah. He was a kind man who worked hard, including more than two decades at Cockrell Banana Company in Tupelo. He was a loving father and grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Bonnie Nell Templeton Houston, of Starkville, his father, William James Houston, of Charleston, his stepdaughter, Shelah Michelle Dye, of Tupelo, and his sister, Barbara Houston Garrett, of Jackson.
No prior visitation. His remains will be interred during a private service in the family plot at Rocky Branch Cemetery in Charleston.
Arrangements by: ERIE COUNTY CREMATION SERVICE, (716) 824-6435, 873 Abbott Rd., Buffalo, NY 14220. Please share your condolences at: www.ERIECOUNTYCREMATIONSERVICE.com
James Ralph "Ralph" Houston, originally from Charleston, MS, died after complications from cirrhosis in Buffalo, NY, on Monday, October 1, 2018, at the age of 64.
Raised on a family farm near Charleston, he and his two siblings spent the remainder of their childhood in Starkville. He attended Mississippi State University and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He loved motorcycles, airplanes, and making corned beef. He sang tenor for the First Baptist Choir in Tupelo and performed in Handel's Messiah. He was a kind man who worked hard, including more than two decades at Cockrell Banana Company in Tupelo. He was a loving father and grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Bonnie Nell Templeton Houston, of Starkville, his father, William James Houston, of Charleston, his stepdaughter, Shelah Michelle Dye, of Tupelo, and his sister, Barbara Houston Garrett, of Jackson.
No prior visitation. His remains will be interred during a private service in the family plot at Rocky Branch Cemetery in Charleston.
Arrangements by: ERIE COUNTY CREMATION SERVICE, (716) 824-6435, 873 Abbott Rd., Buffalo, NY 14220. Please share your condolences at: www.ERIECOUNTYCREMATIONSERVICE.com
Raised on a family farm near Charleston, he and his two siblings spent the remainder of their childhood in Starkville. He attended Mississippi State University and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He loved motorcycles, airplanes, and making corned beef. He sang tenor for the First Baptist Choir in Tupelo and performed in Handel's Messiah. He was a kind man who worked hard, including more than two decades at Cockrell Banana Company in Tupelo. He was a loving father and grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Bonnie Nell Templeton Houston, of Starkville, his father, William James Houston, of Charleston, his stepdaughter, Shelah Michelle Dye, of Tupelo, and his sister, Barbara Houston Garrett, of Jackson.
No prior visitation. His remains will be interred during a private service in the family plot at Rocky Branch Cemetery in Charleston.
Arrangements by: ERIE COUNTY CREMATION SERVICE, (716) 824-6435, 873 Abbott Rd., Buffalo, NY 14220. Please share your condolences at: www.ERIECOUNTYCREMATIONSERVICE.com
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Interred in family plot
