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Obituary:

SAREPTA - Nova Leona Houston, 81, of Sarepta died Friday night in Bossier Healthcare Center after a long illness.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today in New Sarepta Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard May officiating. Burial will be in Old Sarepta Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Mortuary of Springhill.

Survivors include five daughters, Thelma O'Glee of Sarepta, Mary Fielder of Shreveport, Martha Ashworth of Marks, Miss., Virginia Pace of Vicksburg, Miss., and Carroll Youngblood of Ocean Springs, Miss.; and one brother, J.D. Mitchell of Shongaloo.

(Published in The Shreveport Times on October 7, 1979)

Nova married Lee Lazarus Houston 17 Mar 1918. Lee (son of Lazarus Lafayette Houston and Frances Viola Campbell) was born 15 Jun 1892, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 1 Sep 1956, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 2 Sep 1956, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Thelma Mae Houston was born 7 Apr 1919, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 12 Sep 2001, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 15 Sep 2001, Old Sarepta Cemetery - Sarepta, Louisiana, USA.
2. Mary Ruth Houston was born 16 Mar 1925, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 15 Apr 2014, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 19 Apr 2014, Forest Park Cemetery East - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
3. Martha M. Houston was born 2 Jun 1926, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 11 Mar 1983, Marks, Quitman County, Mississippi, USA; was buried , Marks Cemetery - Marks, Mississippi, USA.
4. Virginia Lee Houston was born 24 Feb 1933, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 6 Dec 2005, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA; was buried 10 Dec 2005, Green Acres Memorial Park - Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
5. Fannie Carroll Houston was born 22 Dec 1940, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 19 Dec 2023, Kingwood, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried 28 Dec 2023, Houston National Cemetery - Houston, Texas, USA.