Lawrence Timothy Houston
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Lawrence Timothy Houston (center), his wife Janice Solomon Houston, and Paula Dobbs (left), Taylor Street, Acworth, Georgia, ca. 1990s.
Born to Nellie Kellogg Houston Griffin and Clarence Eugene Hill in 1958, Lawrence Timothy “Tim” Houston attended Acworth’s segregated Roberts School, Acworth Elementary School, Awtrey Junior High School, North Cobb High School, and North Metro Technical College (now Chattahoochee Technical College). He worked at Cobb EMC for 25 years and became an ordained minister, pastoring Joshua Gospel Tabernacle. As a community advocate, Houston chaired the committee tasked with renovating Roberts School in 2000 and helped start Acworth Expanding Horizons, which facilitates mentoring, after-school programs, and educational field trips for young people. He served on the Downtown Development Authority when Acworth was first accredited as a National Main Street and on the board of directors of the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and Electric Cities of Georgia. Since 2004, Houston has served on Acworth’s Board of Aldermen. Married to Janice Solomon Houston, he has three children and six grandchildren.
Recent Submissions
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Unidentified people, School Street, Acworth, Georgia, September 1959
Unidentified people, School Street, Acworth, Georgia, September 1959 -
Lawrence Timothy Houston and Bruce Houston, School Street housing projects, Acworth, Georgia, September 1959
Lawrence Timothy Houston and Bruce Houston, School Street housing projects, Acworth, Georgia, September 1959 -
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Unidentified people, Acworth, Georgia, March 1959
Unidentified people, Acworth, Georgia, March 1959 -
Unidentified people, School Street housing projects, Acworth, Georgia, 1954
Unidentified people, School Street housing projects, Acworth, Georgia, 1954 -
Martha Jean Blalock, Coats and Clark ball field, Acworth, Georgia, August 1959
Martha Jean Blalock, Coats and Clark ball field, Acworth, Georgia, August 1959 -
Unidentified people, School Street, Acworth, Georgia, September 1959
Unidentified people, School Street, Acworth, Georgia, September 1959 -
Eric Gragg and unidentified children, Bell Street, Acworth, Georgia, December 1968
Eric Gragg and unidentified children, Bell Street, Acworth, Georgia, December 1968 -
Unidentified child, Pam Hinton, unidentified child, and Debra Griffin, Bell Street, Acworth, Georgia, December 1968
Unidentified child, Pam Hinton, unidentified child, and Debra Griffin, Bell Street, Acworth, Georgia, December 1968 -
William Alfonzo Griffin, Jr., unidentified person, Alan Hill, Glen Wise, China Mars, Walter Blalock, Charlie Jackson, and Pam Hinton, School Street housing projects, Acworth, Georgia, ca. 1970s
William Alfonzo Griffin, Jr., unidentified person, Alan Hill, Glen Wise, China Mars, Walter Blalock, Charlie Jackson, and Pam Hinton, School Street housing projects, Acworth, Georgia, ca. 1970s -
Eric Gragg, School Street, Acworth, Georgia, December 1968
Eric Gragg, School Street, Acworth, Georgia, December 1968 -
Bruce Houston, School Street, Acworth, Georgia, December 1968
Bruce Houston, School Street, Acworth, Georgia, December 1968 -
Unidentified people, Rosenwald School "Community House," Cherokee Street, Acworth, Georgia, March 1960
Unidentified people, Rosenwald School "Community House," Cherokee Street, Acworth, Georgia, March 1960 -
Sonny Cole and Nellie Kellogg Houston Griffin, School Street housing projects, Acworth, Georgia, 1954
Sonny Cole and Nellie Kellogg Houston Griffin, School Street housing projects, Acworth, Georgia, 1954 -
Pam Hinton, unidentified child, and Debra Griffin, Bell Street, Acworth, Georgia, December 1968
Pam Hinton, unidentified child, and Debra Griffin, Bell Street, Acworth, Georgia, December 1968 -
Jesse Lee Griffin, Jr., and all-Black Roberts School, School Street, Acworth, Georgia, April 1960
Jesse Lee Griffin, Jr., and all-Black Roberts School, School Street, Acworth, Georgia, April 1960 -
Unidentified people, Rosenwald School "Community House," Cherokee Street, Acworth, Georgia, March 1960
Unidentified people, Rosenwald School "Community House," Cherokee Street, Acworth, Georgia, March 1960 -
Unidentified people, Rosenwald School "Community House," Cherokee Street, Acworth, Georgia, March 1960
Unidentified people, Rosenwald School "Community House," Cherokee Street, Acworth, Georgia, March 1960 -
Unidentified person, Acworth, Georgia, December 1959
Unidentified person, Acworth, Georgia, December 1959 -
Unidentified people and Carol Winn, and Henry Wise, Acworth, Georgia, November 1959
Unidentified people and Carol Winn, and Henry Wise, Acworth, Georgia, November 1959
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