Crisp County GaArchives Obituaries.....HOUSTON, BUREN R. March 28, 1955
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CORDELE DISPATCH MARCH 31,1955
HOUSTON RITES HELD WEDNESDAY   DOUBLE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE HOUSTON 
BROTHERS   BUREN R. HOUSTON 28 AND JOHN O. HOUSTON 22 WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH 
MONDAY NIGHT AT GEORGE'S DRIVE IN ON US 41 WERE HELD AT 3:00 FROM THE CHAPEL 
OF DEKLE FUNERAL HOME.   THE RITES WERE CONDUCTED BY ELDER R.L. MITCHELL 
PASTOR OF CORDELE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE REV. JOHN MOORE.  THE ELLIS 
QUARTET SANG TWO SETS "PRECIOUS MEMORIES" AND SWEET BYE AND BYE. MRS. BRUCE 
WILLIAMS SR. WAS ORGANIST. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS FOR BUREN WAS LOREN MOORE, 
WALTER HOBBS, M.F. CARTER JR.,SAM PHILLIPS, PIERCE WRIGHT AND LEON SMITH.  
PALLBEARERS FOR JOHN O. HOUSTON WERE W.T. BULLINGTON, DORSEY GLEATON, ROY 
HORNE, ZUBAN MOORE, LEON SMITH AND G.B. SMITH.    AT THE GRAVESITE RITES FOR 
BUREN R. HOUSTON V.F.W. MEMBERS AND LEGIONAIRES, THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS 
PROVIDED BY COMMANDER WALTER HOBBS OF POST 38.  INTRMENT FOR THE TWO BROTHERS 
WAS IN A DOUBLE GRAVE IN OAK GROVE CEMETARY IN TURNER COUNTY.

Additional Comments:
THIS IS FOR THEIR FAMILIES .INJUSTICE WAS SERVED, BUT THE GOOD LORD KNOWS THE 
TRUTH.

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