Wendell G. 'Wimpy' Houck

July 15, 1921 ~ May 31, 1999
Mr. Houck was born in Ashe County and was a son of the late Charles E. and Hilda Fisher Houck. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of WW II and was a member of VFW Post 891 and of Sardis United Methodist Church. He was retired from Western North Carolina Tractor Co., and also worked for Taylor and Murphy Construction Co.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Louise Norton Houck; four daughters, Pam Rogers and her husband Roy, Lorraine Settles and her husband J.C., and Pat Jones and her husband Earl, all of Asheville, and Wendelene Mabery and her husband Clyde of Greenville, SC; a brother, Hayes Houck of West Jefferson; five sisters, Hope Baker, Jean Greer and Shirley Spearin of West
Jefferson, Virginia Lynch of Maryland, and Mary Tom Lance of Asheville; twelve grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 11:00 am Thursday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. H.D. Houck and Earl Jones officiating.
Military rites will be provided by the Buncombe County Veterans Council Memorial Team at the Western Carolina Veterans Cemetery, Black Mountain.
His family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Wednesday at the funeral home.
Paw,
I just wanted to let you know that I love and miss you very much. I especially miss all the jokes you used to tell us and make us laugh. Memorial Day is a special day and I know that you could not have picked a better day to go home. Every Memorial Day that passes will bring fond memories of you because you loved this country. You are a good man and I know that one day we will be together again. I love you!