July 19, 1935 — December 28, 2024
Patti Louise Huston, age 89, of Sulphur Springs, Texas passed away at Hopkins Court on Saturday, December 28, 2024.
Mrs. Huston was born on July 19, 1935 in San Antonio, Texas, to Charles Lee and Margie Myrtle (Thurmond) Crawford. Patti loved music from a very young age. She envied her big sister getting to take piano lessons and crawled up on the piano bench after her, mimicking what she had just heard. Her father was in the other room and when he discovered who was playing, he declared she was going to have music lessons, too. Later, the church learned she could also sing and provided a means for her to get voice lessons as well as keep up her music lessons. As a young girl during WWII she sang and played piano for servicemen at Travis Park United Methodist Church in San Antonio. She sang her entire life. For many years she was a member of The Walnut Hill United Methodist Church choir in Dallas, Texas. In her golden years, she enjoyed singing her hymns and watching the wildlife from her front porch in Arbala, Texas.
Patti was always a good student and served on the newspaper and yearbook staff of Brackenridge High School. Shortly after high school she married Gilbert Joe Huston, whom she had known since she was six years old. She worked while he attended college at Texas A&M. They started their family in San Antonio. She enjoyed auto racing and traveled around the southwest United States supporting her husband’s drag racing for many years. In 1965 they moved their family to Dallas, Texas. She became a huge fan of the Dallas Cowboys, and especially Tom Landry. Her life revolved around her children. She was a devoted, selfless mother who spent countless hours distributing Girl Scout cookies, serving as room mother and attending football games, soccer games and drill team functions – all while holding down a full-time job as secretary and office manager.
Patti considered seeing the world one of her life’s greatest blessings. She traveled to Europe, Africa, South America and went on several cruises. For two years she lived in Saudi Arabia. When not traveling she spent many hours volunteering for the North Dallas Shared Ministries. She enjoyed helping in their food pantry and helping children find clothes in their store. Most of all she loved helping raise her grandchildren, thinking of any excuse to watch them. When she wasn’t near them she was praying for them. Her greatest pride and joy were her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She will be remembered as someone with a song in her heart who was willing to share it.
Patti is survived by her daughter, Sherry Banks and husband Lee, of Royse City, Texas; sons, Marshall Huston and wife Karen, of Yantis, Texas, Charles Milton Huston and wife Susan, of Prosper, Texas; five grandchildren, Jennifer Huston, Angela Smith, Hailey Jeter, Wesley Huston, Samantha Boswell; eight great-grandchildren, Emma Lynn Smith, Matilda Smith, Clementine Jeter, Violet Jeter, Kirk Huston, Jack Huston, Tristen Boswell, Briggs Boswell; and the father of her children, Gilbert Joe Huston.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Margie Crawford; grandchild, Travis Banks; and her sister, Margie Lee Slatter.
