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DATE: MONDAY, March 2, 1992                   TAG: 9203020026
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT AUSTIN, R.

AUSTIN, ROBERT H. Robert Hardin Austin, age 69 of Roanoke, died Saturday, February 29, 1992. He was a member of First Baptist Church and retired office manager of Wood Bros Coffee Company, was a member of the Three Hundred Club and an army veteran of World War II and a member of Roanoke Lodge #197 B.P.O.E. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eunice Mannon Austin; two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert Michael Austin and wife, Nancy, Raleigh, N. C.; Charles Arthur Austin and wife, Nina, Virginia Beach; one daughter and son-in-law, Catherine Austin Adkins and husband, William D. II, Roanoke; six grandchildren, Michael, Melissa, Robert and Kristina Austin; Lindsey and Ross Adkins; two sisters, Thelma A. Lawrence of Hampton; Penny A. Smith, Kingsport, Tenn.; one brother, David Austin, Bristol, Tenn. Funeral services will be conducted from Oakey's North Chapel 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 3 with the Rev. Charles E. Ward officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Building Fund of First Baptist Church, Roanoke. Friends may call Oakey's North Chapel, where the family will receive friends 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Monday. 


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