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Obituary:

HOUSTON - Mary E. (Mrs.), age 51 of 5161 Heil Ave., Huntington Beach. Passed away Nov. 9th. Member of Eastern Star and White Shrine. Survived by husband James T., son James T., II; sisters Mrs. L.A. Smith and Mrs. Lester Welshans; brothers Earl, Paul and Charles Beebe; 3 grandchildren. Chapel service and interment 10:30 a.m. Thursday Westminster Memorial Park Mortuary and Cemetery.

(Published in The Press-Telegram of Long Beach, California on November 12, 1968)



Obituary:

HOUSTON - Mary E., wife of James T. Houston, Employment Superintendent of the Long Beach Naval Shipyard and mother of James T. Houston II, owner and operator of the German Imports Automobile Agency in Long Beach. Died November 9, 1968 after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Houston, who was a member of the Eastern Star and White Shrine was born in Long Beach on June 3, 1917. She resided in Long Beach most of her life but at the time of her death she was living in Huntington Beach, California. In addition to her husband, son and three grandchildren she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. L.A. Smith and Mrs. L.L. Welshans both of Long Beach; three brothers, Earl G. and Paul L. Beebe of Long Beach and Charles F. Beebe of Apple Valley, California. Chapel service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday (today) at Westminster Memorial Park. Private Interment will follow the service.

(Published in The Independent of Long Beach, California on November 14, 1968)

Mary married James Thomas Houston 5 Nov 1935, Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA. James (son of John Thomas Houston, M.D. and Hattie Jane Hollis) was born 15 Jan 1915, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 11 Mar 1977, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried 16 Mar 1977, Westminster Memorial Park - Westminster, California, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. James Thomas Houston, II was born 24 Jan 1936, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA; died 19 Nov 1996, Orange, Orange County, California, USA.