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DEATHS

William D. Austin

William D. Austin, 58, of New-
port, died Monday in his home.

Friends may call from 5 to 9
p.m. today and from noon to 9
p.m. Wednesday
in the Allore
Funeral Home,
where services
will be at 11 a.m.
Thursday. The
Rev. Damon Pat-
terson of the

 

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Church will offi- tics
ciate. Burial will WILLIAMD,
be in Roselawn AUSTIN
Memorial Park oe
under the auspices of Monroe Post’
1138, Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Born April 2, 1937, in Dearborn,
he was the son of Charles and |
Gertrude (Markoff) Austin. He -
married Ethel Baldridge on Aug.’
5, 1960, in Lincoln Park.

He was a Navy veteran, serving
from 1954 to 1955 and was
employed as a conductor for Con-
rail for more than 40 years.

He was a member of Country
Twirlers square dancing club in
Taylor as well as a member of the
Monroe Missionary Baptist
Church.

He is survived by his wife; a
son, William Jr. of Newport; a
daughter, Connie Austin of New-
port, and his father, Charles of Flat
Rock.

He was preceded in death by his
mother and a brother, Theodore.

Memorials may be made to the

‘Monroe Missionary ' Baptist
Church Building Fund. :

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