Dare County NcArchives Obituaries.....Austin, Olen West October 4, 1952 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Leigh Smith ahttrsgrl@aol.com May 26, 2012, 7:39 pm THE COASTLAND TIMES October 1952 OLEN AUSTIN, HATTERAS RETIRED VETERAN, DIES Funeral rites for Olen West Austin, 65, of Hatteras, who died Saturday in the Marine Hospital, were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Hatteras Methodist Church by the Rev. W. B. Gregory, pastor. Burial was in the Austin Cemetery. Mr. Austin was a native and lifelong resident of Hatteras, son of Jim and Sally Bailey Austin, husband of Emerline Robinson Austin, a veteran of World Wars One and Two, a member of the Hatteras Methodist Church and a member of the Wanchese Masonic Lodge. He retired from the Coast Guard in 1944 as a chief boatswain after serving 27 years. Surviving besides his mother and wife are two daughters, Mrs. Selina Leonard of Bee Branch, Arkansas, and Mrs. Belle O'Neal of Avon; one sister, Mrs. Louisa Peele of Hatteras; two brothers, Jack and James Austin of Hatteras;and five grandchildren. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/dare/obits/a/austin2937gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb