The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, April 17, 1996              TAG: 9604170338
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HATTERAS                           LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

MONFORD D. AUSTIN

Monford Daly Austin, 78, died Tuesday, April 16, 1996, in an Elizabeth City hospital.

Mr. Austin was born in Hatteras and was a retired commercial fisherman. He was a member of the Hatteras United Methodist Church and the Hatteras Island V.F.W. He was also a veteran having served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mr. Austin was the son of the late Joshua Daly Austin and the late Elizabeth Willis Austin and the husband of Helen Lacava Austin of Hatteras.

Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Linda A. Smith and her husband, Donald L. Smith II, both of Hatteras; sister, Marjorie Austin Banks of Norfolk; two grandchildren, Holly Marshall of Frisco and Laura Fulcher and her husband, Leven Fulcher III, both of Hatteras; two great-grandchildren, Austin Fulcher of Hatteras and Zoe Marshall of Frisco. He was preceded in death by a brother, Edward Earl Austin.

A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Hatteras United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jim Huskins, the Rev. Dwight Burrus, and the Rev. Don Brown officiating. Twiford's Island Chapel, Hatteras, is in charge of the arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB