Lois Houghton 1926-2017
Jun 27, 2017 | Obituaries |
Services for Lois Houghton will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 1, 2017, at the Gallatin First Baptist Church where visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Friday at McWilliams Funeral Home in Gallatin. Burial is at Greenwood Cemetery near Gallatin. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gallatin First Baptist Church in care of McWilliams Funeral Home.
Lois M. Houghton, 91, formerly of Gallatin, died Monday, June 26, 2017.
Lois was born April 17, 1926, at her parent’s home near Gallatin. She was the second child born to George and Elizabeth (Holmes) Terrill.
She attended Gallatin school most of her school days, but attended Jameson school for sixth grade and seventh and eighth grade at a one room country school. Her high school graduation at Gallatin was in 1944.
When she was a senior in high school, she started working at the Davis Drug store where she met Bill Houghton. They were married Sept. 22, 1946, at her parent’s home in Gallatin and resided on a farm six miles north of Gallatin. In 1974, the couple made their home on the third generation farm north of Gallatin where Bill and Lois lived most of their life.
They have two children, Martha (Houghton) Allen and Ronald Houghton. Lois had many positions such as working for Headstart, working at the Gallatin Library, and her last position was being secretary at the Winston school.
Lois became a Christian early in life. She was always active in the First Baptist Church in Gallatin such as teaching Sunday School, leading Girls Auxiliary or singing in the choir.
Lois was preceded in death by her husband Bill, her parents, and her older sister.
Lois is survived by her son Ron Houghton and wife Judy of Lee’s Summit; daughter Martha Allen and husband Larry of Bellevue, Neb., brothers, Jule (Beverly) Terrill of Gallatin and Don (Arlene) Terrill of Muskegon, Mich., seven grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.
