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DATE: THURSDAY, October 14, 1993                   TAG: 9310140296
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: HILLSVILLE                                LENGTH: Short


OBIT AUSTIN, RUTH E.

AUSTIN, Ruth E., 70, of Hillsville, died Tuesday, October 12, 1993, at Twin County Community Hospital, Galax. She was born July 13, 1923 in Lerona, W.Va. to Stephen V. Austin and Elizabeth Bolen Austin. She is survived by four brothers and sisters-in-law, Lowell and Otella Austin, Athens, W.Va., Harold and Verl Austin, North Ft. Myers, Fla., Homer and Mary Austin, Hillsville, William and Martha Austin, Hillsville; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 15, 1993, 11 a.m. at the Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel, Hillsville, with Dr. William Gunter officiating. Burial in the Wilkinson Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Funeral arrangements by Vaughan-Guynn-McGrady Chapel, Hillsville.



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