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DATE: SUNDAY, June 20, 1993                   TAG: 9306210213
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: E2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: COPPER HILL                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT AUSTIN, ERCIL C.

AUSTIN, Ercil C., 85, of Copper Hill, passed away Friday, June 18, 1993, in a Shawsville nursing home. He was preceded in death by a son, Ercil Wayne Austin. He is survived by his wife, Olive Vest Austin of Copper Hill; daughter and son-in-law, Vestal and William Whitlock of Floyd; son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Louise Austin of Salem; one brother, Cecil Austin of Christiansburg; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m., at Salem Church (Head of the River Church), with Elder Hale Terry and Elder Lane Carter officiating. Interment in Restvale Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 until 4, and 7 until 9 p.m. at Gardner Funeral Home, Floyd. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Floyd County Rescue Squad, or the ALS Foundation (for Lou Gehrig's Disease). Arrangements by Gardner Funeral Home, Floyd.



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