Wanda Houston 11-10-1937 to 11-05-2006

Wanda Houston
went home to be with the Lord on November 5th 2006

Wanda Houston was a Mother in Kentenia Full Gospel Church and was in the youth ministry for many years with her husband, the Rev. "Ed" Edwin Houston. She was a member and worker in all fields for many years with her husband. She would do whatever was needed for the church.

Wednesday, November 8, 2006 2:54 AM EST

Wanda Hall Houston, 68, Blackmont, died Nov. 5, 2006, at Pineville Community Hospital.

A native of Hulen, Houston was a retired postal worker and was in the youth ministry for many years with her husband, the Rev. "Ed" Edwin Houston. She was a member and worker in all fields for many years with her husband. She would do whatever was needed for the church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Warren Hall and Zada Harris Hall; and a sister, Jessie Thelma Hall.

Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Edwin "Ed" Houston, Blackmont; one son, Kenneth Earl Houston, Barbourville; two daughters: Etta Jo Wright and husband, Joseph, Wallins; and Edwina Eldridge and husband, Raymond Jr., Hulen; three brothers: Howard Hall and wife, Lorrie, Nashville, Tenn.; Clarence Hall and wife, Jean, Hulen; and Harold Hall and wife, Brenda, Cincinnati; four sisters: Juanell Cassady, Keavy; Connie Joelene Derossett and husband, Elmer, Hulen; Iva Iola Simpson and husband, Brown Lee, Cincinnati; and Archie Saylor and husband, Johnny, Lexington; three grandchildren: Elizabeth Berry, Matthew Thomas Ingram and Raymond Eldridge III; two great-grandchildren: Caleb and Connor Berry; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Visitation is Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. with a celebration of life service beginning at 7 p.m. at Kentenia Full Gospel Church in Wallins.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1 p.m. at the church with the Rev. David Rice, the Rev. Glen Wilson and the Rev. B.J. McKinney officiating.

Music will be provided by sister Betty Jean Robinson.

Burial will follow in the Hall Family Cemetery at Hulen.

Pallbearers will be her son, sons-in-law and nephews.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Steven Morgan and staff and administration of the Pineville Community Hospital.

Creech-Durham Funeral Home in Pineville is in charge of arrangements.

She will be truly missed by all.

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