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AUSTIN, William Edward (d. 1952)

AUSTIN, William Edward (d. 1952)

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Retired Farmer Dies In White William Edward Austin, retired Hickory Valley farmer, died at his home Friday evening at 10:05 o’clock, following three days’ illness. He was 89.  Services were held at Bethlehem church in White county. Billy Norris, minister of the Sparta Church of Christ, officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. A native and lifelong resident of White county, Mr. Austin was born June 10, 1862.  He was a son of Edward Austin and Mary Lou Frazier…

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AUSTIN, Thulia Shockley Grissom (d. 1953)

AUSTIN, Thulia Shockley Grissom (d. 1953)

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Rites Tuesday For Mrs. Bob Austin, Aged Resident Mrs. Thulia Shockley Austin, pioneer resident of Van Buren county, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. Clay Brier, on Ben Lomand Drive in Westwood, Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. Mrs. Austin was 91 years, 7 months old. She had been ill for about two months. A native of Van Buren County, Mrs. Austin was born November 29, 1861. She was a daughter of Phillip Shockley and Bettie Rhodes Shockley…

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AUSTIN, Mattie M. (d. 1999)

AUSTIN, Mattie M. (d. 1999)

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Mattie M. Austin, 78 McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native Mattie M. Austin, 78, died April 25 at Glen Oakes Nursing Home in Shelbyville. A hair stylist and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Lee and Atlia Sparkman Miller; and was preceded in death by one daughter, Margie Ann Austin in 1976; and her husband, Edward J. Austin in 1962. She is survived by one son, James E. Austin of McMinnville;…

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