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W.T. (Wilmer Thames) Houston Family
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“The son of the late Rev. William Bill Houston and...mother Emily Hawkin Houston, born November 23, 1910 the fifth of eight children...He went to school in Lafayette County East Providence Community Elementary School four or five months in the year...Rev. Wilmer T. Houston married Fostoria 'Foster' Phillips Houston who bore him two children, Odessa, who died in 1989 and William Glen 'Billye'...He shared 66 years of love and caring commitment with his wife, raised a family, built a house and home, made mistakes, but held to God's unchanging hand.

During his preaching time Rev. Houston studied...the word of truth. He believed in Christian education and encouraged his membership to do the same. In 1973, he received an honorary doctorate degree from the Tennessee Baptist School of Religion. He was the first president to serve in the Tallahatchie-Oxford Missionary Baptist Secondary School and Baptist Training Convention organized in 1954. Served as president of New Educational State Sunday School and Baptist Congress of Christian Educators. Rev. W.T. Houston preached at New Hope M.B. Church for more than 50 years...He followed in his father's footsteps preaching, teaching, and building. Rev. Wilmer Thames Houston sleeps with his father, since October 4, 1996."
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