A celebration of life service for family and friends will be held on Friday, October 5 at 10 a.m. at Resthaven’s Abbey Chapel.
Houston was born September 20, 1922, in Lubbock to the late Henry Claybourne Pearson and Myrtle Terrell Pearson, both early settlers in Lorenzo, Texas. He grew up with older sister Myrtle Lois and younger brother Robert. Houston attended school in Lorenzo and was an Agriculture major at Texas Tech University. During high school Houston served as a page to the governor during the 42nd Texas Legislature. Houston was a 32nd degree Mason.
Houston served in the United States Air Force in Germany during World War II from 1942 to 1946. After the war, he returned to the Lubbock area where he farmed and became active in the oil and mineral business. Houston was a partner in the purchase and development of Lake Ransom Canyon. Houston was a lifelong Methodist, serving as an usher for 45 years at First United Methodist Church. He volunteered at Covenant Lakeside Hospital, Meals on Wheels and for Second Helpings at First United Methodist Church.
Houston is survived by his devoted wife of 42 years, LaFern Blodgett Pearson, sister Myrtle Lois Moran of Atlanta, daughter Penni Pearson Beuf and her husband Chek of Boulder, Colorado, son Tony Pearson and his wife Constance of Portland, Oregon, and daughter-in-law Brenda Pearson Ferguson and her husband Tom of Lubbock. He has eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, Blakely, Brooklyn, Ian, and born most recently, George Claybourne Pearson, named after his sweet Papaw. He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert and his son, Mike.
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