L.M. Austin

L.M. Austin, 91, of Newbern, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002 at Baptist Hospital in Union City.

He was a retired farmer, a member of Center United Methodist Church since 1922, director of Security Bank since 1966, a member of Soil Conservation Board for 20 years and served on ASCS Board for 25 years.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Dan Tilley, Rev. John Lee and Rev. Harold Stricker officiating. Burial will be in Poplar Grove Cemetery in Newbern.

The family will receive visitors at 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Survivors include two daughters, Joyce Ann Carpenter and husband, Glen, of Newbern and Jo Evelyn Mehr and husband, Mendell of Brentwood; two sons, Gene Austin and wife, Carolyn, of Dyersburg and Bobby Austin and wife, Betty, of Eddyville, Ky.; a sister, Tommy Ragsdale of Memphis; a brother, Wade Austin of Newbern; eight grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.