Death date: Aug 10, 2021
Thank you for always making us laugh on your visits to LBJ. It was always a pleasure to see you Mr. Houston. My heart goes out to your friends and family. They were truly blessed to have you. I hope to meet you again and have some more laughs. In the meantime, I'm truly happy that you are no longer suffering. It hurts to know we won't see you again but I'm happy that you're free. ❤️
Dennis was a person who never met a stranger, and he and I loved to talk about our grandmothers. I would tell him about my grandmother, Momma Reiner and he would tell me about his grandmother Evie Lou. He told me she raised him and that he was her baby. We would laugh about how our grandmothers spoiled us. Dennis favorite store was the Goodwill store and he loved to tell me of the treasures he found there, just to make me jealous. Dennis will be missed by his friends at LBJ Hospital and he had many.
Dennis was a long time friend. Though I lived in Louisiana and he was in Texas, we met through work when he worked for a real estate appointment service. From the very beginning of the years when he would answer our calls, all of us Realtors could always count on receiving amazing customer service from him.
My office invited him to our Christmas Party one year and Dennis took the Greyhound bus overnight so he could attend. From our first face-to-face meeting, Dennis and I remained close friends.
He loved to tell stories of his ancestors, his love of his church, and some of the silliest jokes ever known to man. He had a wonderful sense of humor, an enormous heart and compassion for others and always strived to be a good person in the eyes of his Lord.
Dennis suffered tremendously throughout his life, both emotionally with the loss of countless family members he dearly loved as well as physically as he lived in constant pain from many ailments. Through all of his pain, Dennis still put on a brave face and trudged forward.
Life on Earth was not easy for Dennis. May his life in the hereafter be full of peace, love, and happiness. Dennis will be greatly missed by many who truly loved him.
Dennis was my neighbor for over 20 years. He always liked to tell jokes, and boy were they funny. Liked to hear him talk about his many family members, and knew he really missed them. He was always going to the Goodwill and found so many pretty things. He would always find me Boyd’s Bears resin figurines that I loved. That would make my day. We went to Juarez Mexican restaurant on Gessner because that was his favorite place to eat. He knew all the people that worked there, and we had a good time..
Dennis, Bill and will truly miss you.
Have a good time up there and watch over all of us down here.
Diane Cayton
