Frances Earline Thompson Austin

CHESTER NEWS & REPORTER: Paid w/Picture CHESTER, SC Mrs. Frances Earline Thompson Austin, 73, died Saturday, January 28, 2017 at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House.The funeral service will be 3:00 PM Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at Westside Baptist Church with Rev. Terry Fowler officiating.The interment will be in Old Purity Cemetery.The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at Westside Baptist Church. Born June 15, 1943 in Chester, SC, Mrs. Austin was a daughter of the late Alvin Cleo Thompson, Sr. and Josie Bailey Thompson.She was a graduate of Chester High School and retired from Zenith Engraving as an artist.She was a member of Westside Baptist Church where she was church pianist and a soloist and Sunday School Teacher. She is survived by one daughter, Katherine A. Horne (Michael) of Rock Hill, SC; two sons, Brian K. Austin and James A. Austin, Jr. both of Chester; eight grandchildren, Lance Williams, Ciera Poag, Ramon Poag, Jr, Brittany Pardue (Roscoe), Jason Cook (Amber), Zoey Benjamin, Kris Cook and Haley Estes; three great grandchildren, Jaden Hill, Kennadie Jackson and Braely Poag; one sister, Patricia Johnson (Mickey) of Fort Mill, SC and two brothers, Carroll Thompson (Joyce) of Chester and Alvin Thompson, Jr. (Juan) of Richburg, SC.She was preceded in death by her husband James A. Austin, Sr., four brothers,Rev. Charles, Henry, Rev.Raymond and Earl and five sisters,Eleanor, Gertrude, Doris Jean, Mary and Bonnie. In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to Westside Baptist Church, PO Box 1049, Chester, SC 29706 or Hospice and Community Care, 2275 India Hook Road, Rock Hill, SC 29732.