Creola Bohannon Houston was born January 26, 1935, to Archie Bohannon and Alberta Bourrage Hickman Bohannon in New Hope Community in DeKalb, Kemper County, Mississippi.
During her youth, she became a member of the New Hope United Methodist Church in DeKalb, MS.
All of Creola's formal education took place in the Kemper County School System in DeKalb, MS, where she attended New Hope School, Hampton Quarters School, and was a 1954 graduate of Whisenton High School.
On February 8, 1955, she married Lemuel "Lemmie" Houston, the son of Nathaniel Houston and Lodie "Red" Steele Houston, who is also a native of New Hope Community in DeKalb, Kemper County, MS, and they had nine children, five sons and four daughters.
The Houston Family relocated to St. Louis, MO, where they lived for a number of years until they moved to East St. Louis, IL. While there, she attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and had been employed with Judge Wood Hall, Southwestern Bell, and Sunburn College.
Creola Bohannon Houston, age 76, went to sleep in Jesus on July 14, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at the home of her daughter and caregiver, Shirley Houston Tillman, in Cool Valley, St. Louis County, MO, and she immediately awoke in that beautiful city called Heaven where no travelers have ever returned with family and friends who had gone on before her there to greet her.
She was the Wife of Lemuel "Lemmie" Houston; the Mother of Linda Faye Houston, Shirley Houston Tillman, Gloria Houston Moore, Edna Houston, Archie Lee Houston, Lemuel "Pookie" Houston, Jr., Donald Darnell Houston, Herbert Houston, and Linton Earl Houston; the Daughter of Archie Bohannon and Alberta Bourrage Hickman Bohannon Westerfield Stevens; the Step Daughter of Calvin Westerfield and Roosevelt Stevens; the Sister of Maggie Jewel Hickman Steele, J.W. Bohannon, Sammie Robert Bohannon, Willie Lee Bohannon, and Clinton J.R. Bohannon; the Step Sister of Jessie Mae Stevens Fluker Bourrage, Lula Mae Stevens McCoy, Kent Stevens, Roosevelt "June" Stevens, Jr., Willie "Doll" Stevens, and Otis "Woody" Stevens; the Paternal Granddaughter of John Bohannon and Vennie "Cissy" Bohannon Reed; and the Maternal Granddaughter of Dewitt "Dee" Bourrage and Iola "Pig" Griffin Bourrage.
**She is the Paternal Aunt of Robert Fitzgerald Bohannon of DeKalb, Kemper County, Mississippi**
During her youth, she became a member of the New Hope United Methodist Church in DeKalb, MS.
All of Creola's formal education took place in the Kemper County School System in DeKalb, MS, where she attended New Hope School, Hampton Quarters School, and was a 1954 graduate of Whisenton High School.
On February 8, 1955, she married Lemuel "Lemmie" Houston, the son of Nathaniel Houston and Lodie "Red" Steele Houston, who is also a native of New Hope Community in DeKalb, Kemper County, MS, and they had nine children, five sons and four daughters.
The Houston Family relocated to St. Louis, MO, where they lived for a number of years until they moved to East St. Louis, IL. While there, she attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and had been employed with Judge Wood Hall, Southwestern Bell, and Sunburn College.
Creola Bohannon Houston, age 76, went to sleep in Jesus on July 14, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at the home of her daughter and caregiver, Shirley Houston Tillman, in Cool Valley, St. Louis County, MO, and she immediately awoke in that beautiful city called Heaven where no travelers have ever returned with family and friends who had gone on before her there to greet her.
She was the Wife of Lemuel "Lemmie" Houston; the Mother of Linda Faye Houston, Shirley Houston Tillman, Gloria Houston Moore, Edna Houston, Archie Lee Houston, Lemuel "Pookie" Houston, Jr., Donald Darnell Houston, Herbert Houston, and Linton Earl Houston; the Daughter of Archie Bohannon and Alberta Bourrage Hickman Bohannon Westerfield Stevens; the Step Daughter of Calvin Westerfield and Roosevelt Stevens; the Sister of Maggie Jewel Hickman Steele, J.W. Bohannon, Sammie Robert Bohannon, Willie Lee Bohannon, and Clinton J.R. Bohannon; the Step Sister of Jessie Mae Stevens Fluker Bourrage, Lula Mae Stevens McCoy, Kent Stevens, Roosevelt "June" Stevens, Jr., Willie "Doll" Stevens, and Otis "Woody" Stevens; the Paternal Granddaughter of John Bohannon and Vennie "Cissy" Bohannon Reed; and the Maternal Granddaughter of Dewitt "Dee" Bourrage and Iola "Pig" Griffin Bourrage.
**She is the Paternal Aunt of Robert Fitzgerald Bohannon of DeKalb, Kemper County, Mississippi**
Creola Bohannon Houston was born January 26, 1935, to Archie Bohannon and Alberta Bourrage Hickman Bohannon in New Hope Community in DeKalb, Kemper County, Mississippi.
During her youth, she became a member of the New Hope United Methodist Church in DeKalb, MS.
All of Creola's formal education took place in the Kemper County School System in DeKalb, MS, where she attended New Hope School, Hampton Quarters School, and was a 1954 graduate of Whisenton High School.
On February 8, 1955, she married Lemuel "Lemmie" Houston, the son of Nathaniel Houston and Lodie "Red" Steele Houston, who is also a native of New Hope Community in DeKalb, Kemper County, MS, and they had nine children, five sons and four daughters.
The Houston Family relocated to St. Louis, MO, where they lived for a number of years until they moved to East St. Louis, IL. While there, she attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and had been employed with Judge Wood Hall, Southwestern Bell, and Sunburn College.
Creola Bohannon Houston, age 76, went to sleep in Jesus on July 14, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at the home of her daughter and caregiver, Shirley Houston Tillman, in Cool Valley, St. Louis County, MO, and she immediately awoke in that beautiful city called Heaven where no travelers have ever returned with family and friends who had gone on before her there to greet her.
She was the Wife of Lemuel "Lemmie" Houston; the Mother of Linda Faye Houston, Shirley Houston Tillman, Gloria Houston Moore, Edna Houston, Archie Lee Houston, Lemuel "Pookie" Houston, Jr., Donald Darnell Houston, Herbert Houston, and Linton Earl Houston; the Daughter of Archie Bohannon and Alberta Bourrage Hickman Bohannon Westerfield Stevens; the Step Daughter of Calvin Westerfield and Roosevelt Stevens; the Sister of Maggie Jewel Hickman Steele, J.W. Bohannon, Sammie Robert Bohannon, Willie Lee Bohannon, and Clinton J.R. Bohannon; the Step Sister of Jessie Mae Stevens Fluker Bourrage, Lula Mae Stevens McCoy, Kent Stevens, Roosevelt "June" Stevens, Jr., Willie "Doll" Stevens, and Otis "Woody" Stevens; the Paternal Granddaughter of John Bohannon and Vennie "Cissy" Bohannon Reed; and the Maternal Granddaughter of Dewitt "Dee" Bourrage and Iola "Pig" Griffin Bourrage.
**She is the Paternal Aunt of Robert Fitzgerald Bohannon of DeKalb, Kemper County, Mississippi**
During her youth, she became a member of the New Hope United Methodist Church in DeKalb, MS.
All of Creola's formal education took place in the Kemper County School System in DeKalb, MS, where she attended New Hope School, Hampton Quarters School, and was a 1954 graduate of Whisenton High School.
On February 8, 1955, she married Lemuel "Lemmie" Houston, the son of Nathaniel Houston and Lodie "Red" Steele Houston, who is also a native of New Hope Community in DeKalb, Kemper County, MS, and they had nine children, five sons and four daughters.
The Houston Family relocated to St. Louis, MO, where they lived for a number of years until they moved to East St. Louis, IL. While there, she attended Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church and had been employed with Judge Wood Hall, Southwestern Bell, and Sunburn College.
Creola Bohannon Houston, age 76, went to sleep in Jesus on July 14, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at the home of her daughter and caregiver, Shirley Houston Tillman, in Cool Valley, St. Louis County, MO, and she immediately awoke in that beautiful city called Heaven where no travelers have ever returned with family and friends who had gone on before her there to greet her.
She was the Wife of Lemuel "Lemmie" Houston; the Mother of Linda Faye Houston, Shirley Houston Tillman, Gloria Houston Moore, Edna Houston, Archie Lee Houston, Lemuel "Pookie" Houston, Jr., Donald Darnell Houston, Herbert Houston, and Linton Earl Houston; the Daughter of Archie Bohannon and Alberta Bourrage Hickman Bohannon Westerfield Stevens; the Step Daughter of Calvin Westerfield and Roosevelt Stevens; the Sister of Maggie Jewel Hickman Steele, J.W. Bohannon, Sammie Robert Bohannon, Willie Lee Bohannon, and Clinton J.R. Bohannon; the Step Sister of Jessie Mae Stevens Fluker Bourrage, Lula Mae Stevens McCoy, Kent Stevens, Roosevelt "June" Stevens, Jr., Willie "Doll" Stevens, and Otis "Woody" Stevens; the Paternal Granddaughter of John Bohannon and Vennie "Cissy" Bohannon Reed; and the Maternal Granddaughter of Dewitt "Dee" Bourrage and Iola "Pig" Griffin Bourrage.
**She is the Paternal Aunt of Robert Fitzgerald Bohannon of DeKalb, Kemper County, Mississippi**
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Age: 76, Funeral Home: Granberry Mortuary, Ref: Cemetery Records (using burial as death date)
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