DAVID RODNEY HOUSTON (BUTCH)

DAVID HOUSTON, AGE 76 OF CONWAY, AR PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 25, 2021.

HE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 18, 1945 IN CLARKSDALE MS TO THE LATE ELMER CARTON HOUSTON AND ROSA BELLE YOUNGBLOOD HOUSTON.

DAVID WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTANT WITH VARIOUS OIL AND GAS COMPANIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND ARKANSAS. HE RETIRED FROM MOBLEY CONSTRUCTION IN MORRILTON AR WHERE HE WAS AN ACCOUNTANT.

LEFT TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY IS HIS SISTER, FAITH ELIZABETH RYALS; NIECE, JAMIE HOUSTON; NEPHEWS, BARRY RYALS, KEVIN RYALS, JEFFREY RYALS, DAVID RYALS, KENNETH HOUSTON, TY HOUSTON, DARRYL HOUSTON, AND MANY GREAT AND GREAT-GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS; AND SPECIAL FRIEND MARY JANE CAUDELL.

OTHER THAN HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SIBLINGS, GARY HOUSTON, RAYMOND HOUSTON, AND THOMAS HOUSTON.

DAVID HAD A LIFELONG LOVE OF THE OUTDOORS. HE OFTEN ENJOYED TAKING HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS CAMPING AND HIKING AT STATE PARKS WHERE HE LOVED TEACHING THEM ABOUT WILDLIFE AND PLANTS IN THE AREA.  ONE OF HIS FAVORITE ACTIVITIES WAS METAL DETECTING WHILE ENJOYING NATURE.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:00P.M., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021 AT CORNWELL CHAPEL IN DARDANELLE. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FRIDAY, 1:00P.M. TO 2:00P.M. AT THE CHAPEL PRIOR TO THE SERVICE.

Arrangements by Cornwell Funeral Home in Dardanelle. Online Guest Book and Condolences at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com