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Obituary for Serena Geraldine Thomas Austin Serena Geraldine Thomas Austin
Rockbridge County Native Dies At Age 73

As the trumpet sounded, the pearly gates of Heaven opened, Our Heavenly Father called her name and took Serena Geraldine Thomas Austin by the hand, and led her to her Everlasting Home.

The Angels are cheering and singing in beautiful harmony and her family left in sorrow, as she was called home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 22, 2012, at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

She was born July 4, 1939 in Rockbridge County, a daughter of the late Edward Thomas and Mae Johnson Noel.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James A. "Peepsie" Austin; three sons, Danny, Donnie Ray, and Michael Austin; and three brothers, Preston, Sidney, and Ronnie Noel.

Serena was a member of the Glenwood Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Surviving are her children, Susie A. Huffman and husband, John "Buck"; Frances A. Snead; Curtis L. Austin and wife, Donna,; Earnest F. Austin and wife, Sharon; Greg B. Austin and wife, Becky; foster son, Emmett Falls; siblings, Edna "Crystabelle" Johnson; Brenda Wright; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Sunday, August 26, 2012, at Faith Baptist Church with the Rev. Terry Bostic and the Rev. Carol Garrett officiating. Burial will follow at Johnson Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, August 25, 2012, at Bolling, Grose, & Lotts Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Buena Vista.