SHREVEPORT, LA - Mr. Earl L. Houston, Sr. died at home suddenly on March 20, 1995. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 22 at First Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Robert Guffey, Jr., assisted by Newell O. Pugh.
He was born in Shreveport, LA on May 6, 1915 and was preceded in death by his parents, Isaac Newton and Cora Dance Houston. He attended Byrd High School and Louisiana State University where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He served in the 379th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as the pilot of a B-17.
An avid golfer, he was a charter member of the East Ridge County Club and Southern Trace County Club and presently a member of Shreveport County Club. He was a member of the Triple Triangle Sunday School and a deacon of First Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Reily and two sons, Earl L. Houston, Jr. and his wife, Susan Beauchamp Houston of Washington, D.C. and St. Thomas, U.S.V.I and Shelby N. Houston and his wife, Garen McGregor Houston of Shreveport; and a daughter, Susan H. Carranza and her husband, Elihu of Ocean Springs, MS; three grandchildren, Gennan M. Houston, Robin S. Houston and Joel Carranza; two sisters, Mrs. Johnnie Moore (Frances Houston Moore) of Shreveport, LA and Mrs. Carl Maurer (Lucile Houston Maurer) of Estes Park, CO.
Pallbearers will be Mason Jackson, Jr., Floyd L. Norton, Edward H. Railsback, John B. Greer, Jr., Charles B. Foster, General Gabe Disoway, Guido M. Pickett, W. Thomas Crowe, Hugh M. Stephens, Sidney G. Myers, William E. Fitzgerald, John D. Wheeless and E. Michael Harter, III.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Triple Triangle Sunday School Class, deacons of the First Baptist Church and employees of Allen Millworks.
The family requests that memorials be made to First Baptist Church and the charity of their choice.
(Published in The Shreveport Times on March 22, 1995)
He was born in Shreveport, LA on May 6, 1915 and was preceded in death by his parents, Isaac Newton and Cora Dance Houston. He attended Byrd High School and Louisiana State University where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He served in the 379th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as the pilot of a B-17.
An avid golfer, he was a charter member of the East Ridge County Club and Southern Trace County Club and presently a member of Shreveport County Club. He was a member of the Triple Triangle Sunday School and a deacon of First Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Reily and two sons, Earl L. Houston, Jr. and his wife, Susan Beauchamp Houston of Washington, D.C. and St. Thomas, U.S.V.I and Shelby N. Houston and his wife, Garen McGregor Houston of Shreveport; and a daughter, Susan H. Carranza and her husband, Elihu of Ocean Springs, MS; three grandchildren, Gennan M. Houston, Robin S. Houston and Joel Carranza; two sisters, Mrs. Johnnie Moore (Frances Houston Moore) of Shreveport, LA and Mrs. Carl Maurer (Lucile Houston Maurer) of Estes Park, CO.
Pallbearers will be Mason Jackson, Jr., Floyd L. Norton, Edward H. Railsback, John B. Greer, Jr., Charles B. Foster, General Gabe Disoway, Guido M. Pickett, W. Thomas Crowe, Hugh M. Stephens, Sidney G. Myers, William E. Fitzgerald, John D. Wheeless and E. Michael Harter, III.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Triple Triangle Sunday School Class, deacons of the First Baptist Church and employees of Allen Millworks.
The family requests that memorials be made to First Baptist Church and the charity of their choice.
(Published in The Shreveport Times on March 22, 1995)
SHREVEPORT, LA - Mr. Earl L. Houston, Sr. died at home suddenly on March 20, 1995. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 22 at First Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Robert Guffey, Jr., assisted by Newell O. Pugh.
He was born in Shreveport, LA on May 6, 1915 and was preceded in death by his parents, Isaac Newton and Cora Dance Houston. He attended Byrd High School and Louisiana State University where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He served in the 379th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as the pilot of a B-17.
An avid golfer, he was a charter member of the East Ridge County Club and Southern Trace County Club and presently a member of Shreveport County Club. He was a member of the Triple Triangle Sunday School and a deacon of First Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Reily and two sons, Earl L. Houston, Jr. and his wife, Susan Beauchamp Houston of Washington, D.C. and St. Thomas, U.S.V.I and Shelby N. Houston and his wife, Garen McGregor Houston of Shreveport; and a daughter, Susan H. Carranza and her husband, Elihu of Ocean Springs, MS; three grandchildren, Gennan M. Houston, Robin S. Houston and Joel Carranza; two sisters, Mrs. Johnnie Moore (Frances Houston Moore) of Shreveport, LA and Mrs. Carl Maurer (Lucile Houston Maurer) of Estes Park, CO.
Pallbearers will be Mason Jackson, Jr., Floyd L. Norton, Edward H. Railsback, John B. Greer, Jr., Charles B. Foster, General Gabe Disoway, Guido M. Pickett, W. Thomas Crowe, Hugh M. Stephens, Sidney G. Myers, William E. Fitzgerald, John D. Wheeless and E. Michael Harter, III.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Triple Triangle Sunday School Class, deacons of the First Baptist Church and employees of Allen Millworks.
The family requests that memorials be made to First Baptist Church and the charity of their choice.
(Published in The Shreveport Times on March 22, 1995)
He was born in Shreveport, LA on May 6, 1915 and was preceded in death by his parents, Isaac Newton and Cora Dance Houston. He attended Byrd High School and Louisiana State University where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He served in the 379th Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as the pilot of a B-17.
An avid golfer, he was a charter member of the East Ridge County Club and Southern Trace County Club and presently a member of Shreveport County Club. He was a member of the Triple Triangle Sunday School and a deacon of First Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Reily and two sons, Earl L. Houston, Jr. and his wife, Susan Beauchamp Houston of Washington, D.C. and St. Thomas, U.S.V.I and Shelby N. Houston and his wife, Garen McGregor Houston of Shreveport; and a daughter, Susan H. Carranza and her husband, Elihu of Ocean Springs, MS; three grandchildren, Gennan M. Houston, Robin S. Houston and Joel Carranza; two sisters, Mrs. Johnnie Moore (Frances Houston Moore) of Shreveport, LA and Mrs. Carl Maurer (Lucile Houston Maurer) of Estes Park, CO.
Pallbearers will be Mason Jackson, Jr., Floyd L. Norton, Edward H. Railsback, John B. Greer, Jr., Charles B. Foster, General Gabe Disoway, Guido M. Pickett, W. Thomas Crowe, Hugh M. Stephens, Sidney G. Myers, William E. Fitzgerald, John D. Wheeless and E. Michael Harter, III.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Triple Triangle Sunday School Class, deacons of the First Baptist Church and employees of Allen Millworks.
The family requests that memorials be made to First Baptist Church and the charity of their choice.
(Published in The Shreveport Times on March 22, 1995)
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