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 Chester E Houk was born in
 Deepwater, the son of
 Thomas J. Houk and Lorena
 Mae Smith. He married
 Katheryn Amelia Brooks. 
 He farmed in the area for
 most of his life.
 Gene served four years in
 the South Pacific during
 WW II with the 3119th
 Signal service BN and was
 employed with Williams Rock
 Company for 17 years. 
 He became a Christian in
 1960 and served the church
 for the remainder of his
 life as a member deacon and
 teacher with the Baptist
 congregation at Mt. Zion
 and for many years with the
 Gideons International.

 On a trip I was able to
 visit Mt Zion in Henry Co.
 I was taken in by the quiet
 rolling farm land that he
 called home.