Mamie Austin

Funeral services for Mamie Mary Elizabeth Alexander Cummings Austin, age 95, are scheduled for 11:00 AM Monday May 12, 2014 at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Johnson Chapel, the family will receive friends at Johnson Chapel 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Sunday. Interment will follow in the Shady Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Austin passed away May 9, 2014 at Henderson Health and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born June 18, 1918 in Chester County to the late Henry and Maudie Qualls Alexander. She married Norman Cummings in 1935, who preceded her in death in 1954. She married W.C. Austin in 1957, who preceded her in death in 1974. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Sanford Hill Baptist Church. She enjoyed working in her flowers, crocheting and doing word search puzzles.

In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Anthony Logan in 2000; seven brothers, J.P., Pete, O.B., Talmage, Arthur, Billy Joe and Bill Alexander and one sister, Geneva Dodd.

Survivors include her sons, H.C. (Johnnie) Cummings of Enville and David (Anita) Austin of Jackson; three daughters, Betty (Johnie) Plunk of Henderson, Ruby (Perry) Jeter of Jackson, and Linda (John) King of Munford; two stepsons, Ray (Wanda) Austin of Beech Bluff and Vernon (Betty) Austin of Oswego, IL; one sister, Pauline (R.D.) Smith of Henderson; many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.

Shackelford Funeral Directors – Johnson Chapel
Henderson, TN
731-989-2624