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   Amarillo
   
   Dr. Zuma S. Austin
   
   Dr. Zuma S. Austin, 69, of Amarillo died Friday, Sept. 27, 2002.
   
   Services  will  be  at  2  p.m.  Monday in Paramount Terrace Christian
   Church. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Jester Cemetery in Jester,
   Okla.  Local  arrangements  are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors,
   2820  Virginia  Circle.  Oklahoma  arrangements  are by Carter Stewart
   Funeral Service in Mangum, Okla.
   
   Dr.  Austin  was  born  in  Jester  on  July  17,  1933. She graduated
   valedictorian of Reed High School in 1951. She received her bachelor's
   degree  in home economics from Southwestern Oklahoma State University,
   and  her master's degree in home economics and her doctorate degree in
   psychology, both from University of Oklahoma.
   
   Dr. Austin began her teaching career in several small school districts
   in  Oklahoma  before  moving to Amarillo in 1955. She taught at Horace
   Mann  and  Sam  Houston  junior  high  schools before joining Amarillo
   College in 1969. Her professorship at Amarillo College lasted 33 years
   during which she instructed courses in nutrition, marriage and family,
   home economics and many others.
   
   Zuma's  primary  love  was  teaching  students  and was a loving wife,
   mother,  grandmother  and  friend. She was truly loved by all who knew
   her and will be dearly missed.
   
   Dr.   Austin   attended  numerous  seminars  and  conferences  in  her
   discipline  and was active in Texas Association of Family and Consumer
   Service,  the  American  Dietetic Association, Texas Community College
   Teachers  Association,  Panhandle Dietetic Association and Delta Kappa
   Gamma professional group.
   
   Survivors  include  her  husband,  Dr. David C. Austin; a son, Tony S.
   Austin of Dallas; a daughter-in-law, Christi Austin of Dallas; and two
   grandchildren, Slaton Austin and Kaleigh Moore.
   
   The  family  suggests  memorials  be to Dr. Zuma S. Austin Scholarship
   Fund,  in  care  of  Amarillo  College,  P.O.  Box  447,  Amarillo, TX
   79178-0001.
   
   Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 28, 2002