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Conway...MSG Arnold Easton Houston, III, 52, went home to be with the Lord Monday, May 6, 2013 at the VA Medical Center in Charleston. MSG Houston was born in Fayetteville, NC, son of Arnold E. Houston Jr., and Jewel Pope Houston. He was a US Army Reserve Veteran. MSG Houston was active duty with 27 years of service, where he received the Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal with 2 Bronze Service Stars, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, and Armed Forces Reserve Medal with "M" Device Kuwait Liberation Medal. He served in the 94th Division of USAR of Ft. Lee, VA, Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Kosovo Conflict. MSG Houston was a graduate of Terry Sanford High School in 1979 where he was a member of Track & Cross Country Team. MSG Houston graduated from UNCW where he was also a member of the Cross Country Team. He was a member of First Baptist Church where he served as Deacon, Sunday School Teacher and Operation Inasmuch Coordinator. He was a loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend to all who knew him. MSG Houston was an avid UNC Tar Heel Fan. Surviving in addition to his parents: his wife, Teresa Hyatt Houston of Conway; one son, Matthew Arnold Houston of Conway; and a sister, Karen Houston of Fayetteville. Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM Friday at the First Baptist Church of Conway with the Dr. Robert Guffey, Rev. Patrick Jones and Rev. Robert "Sandy" Saunders. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 PM Thursday at the funeral home. Visitation will also be held Monday, May 13, 2013 at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church in Fayetteville, NC at 11:00 AM. Memorials may be sent to Snyder Memorial Baptist Church Veteran's Fountain Memorial, 701 Westmont Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28305 or the First Baptist Church Bus Ministry Fund, 603 Elm Street, Conway, SC 29526. Sign a guestbook at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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Arnold Houston

December 2, 1960 - May 6, 2013