10/10/2026
Houston Gann
Houston GannApril 6, 2015 – October 10, 2026Houston, a standard poodle of uncommon glamour and even more uncommon appetite, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2026, at her Mee Maw's house. She was 11 years old. Born the day after Easter, she arrived just in time to miss the candy and spent the rest of her life making up for it.
Houston wore the classic Miami cut — pom-poms on every leg and a fabulous bang visor — and was dyed bright pink on more than one occasion, looking absolutely stunning every time. She loved people of all kinds and never met a stranger, though she made it loudly clear that other dogs were not on the guest list. A proud mother of six, she spent her retirement as a dedicated bed hog, a post-bath zoomie champion, and the yard's most committed squirrel patrol. She barked at every squirrel and chased each one up a tree, fully confident that this would be the day. It never was. She never stopped believing.
Her true passion was food. Houston could put away an entire box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts if anyone was careless enough to leave it on the counter, and whenever bacon hit the stove, she took her post right beside it, waiting for her share to come flying her way. She loved car rides too, and on the drive from Charlotte she could catch the scent of Mee Maw's house from miles away — always the first to know she was almost home.
She is survived by her people, Ben Gann and Billie "Mee Maw" Gann, and by every Krispy Kreme employee who will never know why their sales just dropped.
In lieu of flowers, please cook a little extra bacon and toss a piece to someone you love. Houston would want it that way. More than anything, she'll be remembered for how sweet she was — and for the way she made every house she walked into feel like home.
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