Vesta Edgar Houston

1888 - 1970  (81 years)

• Name	Vesta Edgar Houston
  Born	28 Jul 1888	Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Jan 1970	Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried	16 Jan 1970	Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I1545	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Lazarus Lafayette Houston,   b. 21 May 1847, Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia, USA ,   d. 4 Mar 1931, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Frances Viola Campbell,   b. 1 Sep 1854, Rocky Mount, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 31 Jul 1931, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	16 Mar 1871	Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Family ID	F592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hattye Elizabeth Daughtry,   b. 19 Feb 1894, Grand Cane, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 23 Mar 1979, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1915	Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Children	+ 1. Lester Ennis Houston,   b. 25 Oct 1916, Colquitt, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1986, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 69 years) + 2. Ottis Gilmer Houston,   b. 12 Sep 1919, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 3 Aug 2011, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA  (Age 91 years) + 3. Fannie Elizabeth Houston,   b. 7 Dec 1921, Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 6 Apr 1998, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 76 years)   4. David Lee Houston,   b. 7 Oct 1931, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 19 Dec 1998, Walker, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Jul 1888 - Sarepta, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Married - 28 Feb 1915 - Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA Died - 14 Jan 1970 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried - 16 Jan 1970 - Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Houston Siblings Taken in 1948 at Isaac Newton Houston's House on Mansfield Road in Shreveport, Louisiana. Back Row: Vester Houston, Isaac Newton Houston, Lonnie Houston. Front Row: Lee Lazarus Houston, Ruth Houston Hodges, Grace Houston Pugh, Gertie Houston Cochran (PHOTO BELONGS TO CODY LEBLANC. DO NOT USE OUTSIDE OF THIS SITE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE OWNER)
  		1920 Lazarus and Fannie Houston Family First row: Fannie Elizabeth Houston, Newell Osteen Pugh, Earl Lafayette Houston, Lester Ennis Houston, Elizebeth Houston, Francis Nevel Houston, Ottis Gilmer Houston, Frances Elizabeth Houston, Vernia Margaret Pugh, Margaret Elsie Houston, Stephen Bannerman Pugh Jr. Middle Row: Lilly Ruth Houston, Artie Eleanor Braswell Houston, Van Lazarus Houston, Dr. William Martin Houston, Frances "Fannie" Viola Campbell Houston, Ruth Evelyn Houston, Lazarus Lafayette "Lat" Houston, Mary Eleanor Houston, Frances Eloise "Smokie" Houston Back Row: Lonnie Houston, Cora Bell Dance Houston, Isaac Newton Houston, Hattie Jane Hollis Houston, Vesta Edgar Houston, Grace Elizabeth Houston Pugh, Lucille Dance Houston Maurer, Fannie Lou Houston, Gilbert Orren Houston, Ada Verlie Houston, Sybil Garnett Houston, William Aubrey Houston, Lonnie Gordon Houston
  		Houston Home in Sarepta, Louisiana The house of Lazarus Lafayette Houston and Fannie Viola Campbell Houston in Sarepta, Louisiana where they raised all of their children.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		U.S. World War I Draft Card - Vesta Edgar Houston Name: Vesta E. Houston County: Claiborne State: Louisiana Birth Place: Sarepta, Louisiana, Unites States of America Birth Date: 28 Jul 1888 Race: Caucasian (White) Occupation: Farming Employer: Self Place of Employment: Culquitt, La. Color of Eyes: Gray Color of Hair: Black
  		Marriage Announcement of Vesta Edgar Houston and Hattye Elizabeth Daughtry Published in The Mansfield Enterprise on March 4, 1915
  		U.S. World War II Draft Card - Vesta Edgar Houston Name: Vesta E. Houston Gender: Male Birth Date: 28 Jul 1888 Residence Place: Shreveport, Louisiana, USA Military Draft Date: 1942 Relationship to Draftee: Head
  		Obituary of Vesta Edgar Houston Published in The Shreveport Times on January 15, 1970

  
  

  Headstones		Headstone of Vesta Edgar Houston and Hattye Elizabeth Daughtry Houston Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
  		Headstone of Vesta Edgar Houston Forest Park Cemetery West - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Vesta E. Houston, 81, of 651 W. 69th, died at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Willis-Knighton Hospital following a three-month illness. Mr. Houston, a retired contractor, was a native of Sarepta and had lived here for 51 years. He coached a little league baseball team and was a scoutmaster for many years. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Calvary Baptist Church, by the Rev. W.D. Martin, church pastor. Burial will be in Forest Park West Cemetery under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow; three sons, Lester Houston of Shreveport, Ottis G. Houston of Brookhaven, Miss., and David L. Houston of Baton Rouge; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Kelker of Shreveport; two sisters, Mrs. Grace Pugh of Sarepta and Mrs. Gertie Cochran of Springhill, 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. (Published in The Shreveport Times on January 15, 1970)