Avery County, NC - Houston Family Cemetery

AVERY COUNTY	

HOUSTON FAMILY CEMETERY

LOCATION:   From 19-E, turn left into Henson's Creek Road.   Drive 
one mile, bearing to your right.   The cemetery is on your left, 
clearly marked with a large sign.   You will likely have to walk to 
the cemetery, as a chain is usually across the access road; it's just 
a few hundred feet.

ACCESSIBILITY:   Easy.

CONDITION:   Very good.

OLDEST DATED GRAVE:   # 34, 1885.

Updated February 9, 2008

SURNAMES:   ANDERSON, BEAM, BENFIELD, BOONE, BUCHANAN, DELLINGER, 
HOUSTON, LADEN, PALMER, ROBBINS, THOMAS, TOWNSEND, TRIVETTE, WISEMAN

1.   Wyatt W. Laden
12 Sept 1892
20 June 1963
2nd husband of # 7.

2.   Pierce Hughes
13 Sept 1885
28 Nov 1966
S/o Clayton & Laura Hughes.

3.   Zona Hughes
24 Sept 1876
23 Sept 1969
Wife of # 2.   D/o 33 & 34.

4.   Ruth Wiseman White
14 Aug 1901
22 Dec 1957		
D/o Galen Vance & Annie Luttrell Wiseman.

5.   Robert A. Houston
1867
1935
S/o 33 & 34.

6.   Lydia E. Burleson Houston
1868
1947
Wife of # 5.   D/o Joseph M. & Martha McKinney Burleson.

7.   Zora H. Palmer
23 Aug 1893
9 Feb 1985
D/o 5 & 6.

8.   Vance Palmer
10 April 1895
18 Jan 1952
1st husband of # 7.   S/o Robert Lee & Martha Palmer.

9.   Sam Thomas
10 Feb 1903
6 March 1969
(Possibly) s/o Charles & Hattie Thomas.

10.   Robert Bryan Houston
15 May 1897	
20 June 1970
S/o 5 & 6.

11.   Myrtle Cooper Houston
11 Feb 1900
26 Oct 1983
Wife of # 10.   D/o William Isaac Cooper (Unicoi Co., TN).

12.   Mildred Oakes Houston
5 June 1929
11 May 1978
Wife of Horton W. Houston.   
D/o Arthur Blaine & Aretta Lee Oakes.

13.   (Infant)
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D/o Waits & Rose Wiseman.

14.   Junior Palmer
17 Aug 1925
17 Aug 1925
(Vance Palmer, Jr.).   S/o 7 & 8.

15.   R.B. Houston
18 March 1924
18 March 1924
(Probably) s/o 10 & 11.

16.   Steve Milton Buchanan
21 Aug 1945
14 May 1967
S/o # 17 & Alex Buchanan.

17.    Beulah Houston Buchanan
14 April 1924
13 April 1975
Wife of Alex Buchanan.   D/o 18 & 19.

18.   Daisy Burleson Houston
7 March 1884
27 Oct 1931
D/o Joseph M. & Martha McKinney Burleson.

19.   J.M. Houston
21 Feb 1879
16 May 1966
(James Milton Houston).  S/o 33 & 34.

20.   Annie D. Houston
4 March 1914
23 April 1919
D/o 18 & 19.

21.   Grace Houston
23 May 1905
24 May 1905
D/o 18 & 19.

22.   William Houston
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23.   Mandy Justice
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24.   Cynthia Boone
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25.   Josie Wiseman Benfield
12 Nov 1865
9 Sept 1948
Wife of Walter Lawrence Benfield.   
D/o # 34 & ______ Collins.

26.   Zula Houston Biddix
2 June 1931
26 Dec 2004
Wife of Beeler Biddix.   D/o 29 & 30.

27.   Thomas Clay Houston
14 April 1959
11 April 1993

28.   Jake Houston
3 Jan 1924
3 Feb 1971
S/o 29 & 30.

29.   Hettie E. Houston
23 Dec 1894
17 Jan 1982
D/o John & Magnolia Marcus.

30.   Thomas Wesley Houston
29 May 1893
25 April 1961
S/o 32 & 33.

31.   William G. Houston
11 April 1921
26 July 1944
S/o 29 & 30.

32.   Lydia E. Houston
15 Sept 1863
15 May 1942
2nd wife of # 33.   
D/o Don Thomas & Lydia Wiseman Burleson.

33.   John M. Houston
15 Sept 1846
16 Sept 1916
Husband of # 32.   S/o Levi & Olive Stanley Houston.

34.   Jemima Caroline Houston
27 Nov 1835
3 Nov 1885
1st wife of # 33.   
D/o William Bedford & Mary Polly Chambers Wiseman.

35.   Galen Houston
—     [10 July 1898]
—     [11 July 1898]
S/o 32 & 33.

36.   Eliza Etta Houston
9 March 1900
7 March 1907
D/o 32 & 33.

37.   Lewis Robbins
17 April 1883
25 Oct 1917

38.   Edith Robbins Anderson
26 March 1912
13 Oct 1992
D/o & 37 & Hallie Robbins.

39.   Ted M. Townsend
17 Oct 1919
10 Aug 1977
"WWII".

40.   Beulah Townsend
19 Aug 1930
29 July 1990
Wife of # 39.   D/o 41 & 42.

41.   Leona V. Houston
21 March 1907
15 Jan 1996
(Leona Trivette).   2nd wife of # 42.  

42.   Morrison W. Houston
6 Feb 1890
31 Jan 1978
Husband of (1st) Vida Ward, & (2nd)  # 41.   
S/o 5 & 6.

43.   Bob Houston
4 Feb 1924
14 March 1971
S/o Vida Ward & # 42.

44.   Grover Houston
13 Dec 1915
19 June 1967	
S/o Vida Ward & # 42.

45.   Ernest Lee Houston
12 July 1921
22 Nov 1955
S/o Vida Ward & # 42.

46.   Claud Trivette
1 Aug 1927
23 Nov 1931

47.   Roy O. Beam
10 Aug 1920
10 Dec 1957
S/o Fred & Buna Beam.

48.   Jimmy Joe Dellinger
23 Nov 1973
9 March 2001

49.   (Living)

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