Sam Houston

Monday, August 2, 2010
Sam Houston

Samuel "Sam" D. Houston, 92, of Mountain Home, went home to his heavenly Father on Saturday, July 31, 2010.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 4, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel followed by burial at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home.

Sam was born July 1, 1918, in Eureka Springs, Ark., the son of Willie and Tennie Houston.

Sam was very active in his community as well as the Christian Baptist Church, Masonic Lodge, Royal Arch, Amaranth and the Red Cross of Constantine.

Sam is survived by his wife, Lydia (Lapp) Houston, of Mountain Home, son Robert and his wife, Joan Houston, of Minnesota, his daughter, Nancy, and her husband, Rex Snideman of Mountain Home, daughter-in-law Kathy (son Ron preceded in death) Houston of Mountain Home, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

The family requests that memorials be made to a charity of your choice.