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DATE: SATURDAY, July 10, 1993                   TAG: 9307120187
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: AMHERST                                 LENGTH: Short


OBIT AUSTIN, KOLETA BELL SHORT

AUSTIN, Koleta Bell Short, 59, of Rt. 4, Amherst, died Thursday morning, July 8, 1993, at her home. She was the widow of the late Rudolph Wilson Austin. Born in Franklin County, she was the daughter of the late Victory Allen and Willie Sutherland Short. She was a practical nurse and a member of First Baptist Church in Rocky Mount. She is survived by two sons, Alfred Austin, Amherst, Bobby Wilson, and wife, Betty Sue Austin, Roanoke; two brothers, Billy Short, Franklin County, D. J. Short, Roanoke; a sister, Jessie McCollom; a granddaughter, Heather Austin; two stepgrandchildren, Eric and Melissa Rinehart, all of Roanoke. Funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at Piney River Funeral Home with burial in Franklin Memorial Park at 3 p.m.



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