Robert H. Houghton

Mr. Houghton was born July 2, 1932, in Summerville, West Va., a son of the late Ernest and Evelyn Hamilton Houghton.

He was a member of the Oakland Heights Baptist Church in Cartersville, a United States Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, was retired from AT&T and was the organizer of the Bartow County Men's Prayer Breakfast.

Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Dora Houghton; his children, Elizabeth and Bob Staley of Cartersville, and Kerry Houghton of Acworth; his grandchildren, Shane and Megan Short, Heather Short, Victoria Staley, Ashley Houghton and Joshua Houghton; great-grandchildren, Kylie Bush, Isaac Houghton and Ariana Burnley; his sister and brother and brother-in-law, Mary Lou and Roland McCartney of Titusville, Fla.; brother and sister-in-law, Gene and Brenda Skidmore of Richmond, Va.; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a son, Robert H. Houghton II, and a brother, William Houghton.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, from the Oakland Heights Baptist Church with Rev. Joe McKaig officiating. Interment will be in the Sunset Memory Gardens.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 till 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Owen Funeral Home, 12 Collins Drive, Cartersville, is in charge of the arrangements.

Please visit www.owen funerals.com to post tributes and sign online guest register.