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Submitted: 12/24/09 • Approved: 8/21/14 • Last Updated: 8/24/14 • R272917-G272915-S3
Ralph
February 13, 1896 - January 10, 1979
*Obituary
The Interstate News
January 1979
Ralph Luther Austin, year-oId resident of Rol (?) Decatur, Ark., died Wednesday January 10, at the Gravette Medical Center, Gravette, Ark.
He was born February 13, 1896 in Decatur, Ark., son of Wallace and Mary Austin. He was a retired farmer and was a lifetime resident of the area.
He is survived by: his widow, Tempie (Wilmoth) Austin of the home; two sons, Emmitt and Dick both of Decatur, Ark.; three daughters, Mrs. Clarice Manos and Mrs. Nadean Londagin both of Decatur and Mrs. Ella Terhune of Gravette, Ark.; three sisters, Mrs. Maude Ailes of Salina, Ks., Mrs. Minnie Abercrombie and Mrs. Dovey Crowley both of Decatur; 15 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held at p.m., Saturday, January 13, at the Assembly of God Church in Decatur with the Rev. Roy McGaughy and the Rev. Jack Austin officiating.
Burial was in the Decatur Cemetery under the direction of the Wasson Funeral Home.
Tempie
October 6, 1900 - July 1, 1980
Married July 1, 1914
Contributed on 12/24/09 by judyfrog
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