Stories from Wednesday, August 16, 2006

August 13, 2006 Mrs. Josephine Woodward Houston, 89, a former resident of First Avenue inLewisburg, died Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006 in Savannah, Georgia. Funeral services for Mrs. Houston will be conducted Thurs., Aug. 17 at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Claude McCmillion officiating. Burial will be in the Lone Oak Center. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 6 until 8 p.m. at Bills-McGaugh Funeral Home.

Mrs. Curtie Mai Allison Divens, age 103, took her final journey at N.H.C. Oakwood Hall Lewisburg on August 10, 2006. She was born October 8, 1902 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Rollie (Mary Smith) Allison. She accepted Christ at an early age and bebame a member of the Methodist Church. Mrs, Curtie never wanted to be without a Methodist church home. Her passion was the Methodist doctrine and its history.