Mrs. Wanda Hudman Houston

Wanda Louise Hudman Houston,81, departed this life for her eternal home Tuesday afternoon, January 21, 2014 in Trinity Mother Frances Hospital Critical Care Unit, Tyler, TX. Wanda was born July 7, 1932 in the Brachfield Community,Rusk County Texas to LeeRoy and Louise Mansinger Hudman. She attended the Patrick Elementary Schooland Henderson High School She graduated from Panola College, Carthage,TX and SFA University, Nacogdoches,TX and became a teacher in the Longview TX public schoolsystem. There she met her future husband, Otis Jackson Houston of Owensville, GA. They were married March 30, 1955. A work transfer moved them to Haynesville, LA where Wanda continued her teaching career in the Haynesville Public Schools and then taught at Claiborne Academy,Haynesville, LA until retirement.Following retirement, the Houstons moved back to the Brachfield Community. They are the parents of two sons, James Duff Houston (deceased) and Jesse Colin Houston of Carthage,TX. Mrs. Houston is preceded in death by her parents, LeeRoy Hudman and Louise Mansinger Hudman, and one son, James Duff Houston. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Jack Houston, Brachfield Community; son, Colin Houston and fiance, Melissa Anderson and her children, Cassidy and Chandler of Carthage, TX; one grandson, James Duffy Houston, Bernice,LA; and many cousins, friends, and former students whom she loved dearly. Services for Mrs.Houston will be under the direction of Crawford-A Crim Funeral Home, Henderson, TX. Visitation will be at the funeral home Friday, January 24, from 5 to 7 P.M. Funeral service will be Saturday, January 25, at 11 A.M. at the Pleasant Springs Presbyterian Church, Hwy 1798 East of Brachfield, under the direction of Rev. Toby Tipps and Jonathon Kovar. Pallbearers will be Charlie Spears,Nacogdoches, TX; Scott Dickerson, Longview ,TX; Duffy Houston, Bernice, LA; Johnny Krueger, Pine Hill, TX; David Mansinger, Henderson, TX and Ben Hays, Brachfield Community, TX. Interment will follow at Shiloh Cemetery, Hwy 315 (2 mi. south of the intersection of Hwy. 840 and Hwy. 315). There will be a reception for family and friends at the Pleasant Springs Presbyterian Church following the gravesite service. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.

Mrs. Wanda Hudman Houston

July 7, 1932 - January 21, 2014