James Michael ‘Mike’ Austin
James Michael ‘Mike’ Austin, 43 of Point Marion, Pa., died Sunday, June 16, 2013 in the Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown.
Born September 11, 1969 in Morgantown, he was a son of Ruby (Murray) Austin of Dilliner and the late Wayman Austin.
A 1988 graduate of Albert Gallatin High School, he had worked in construction. Mike especially enjoyed being a volunteer fireman and had served over the years with the Haydentown, Smithfield, Westover and Point Marion Fire Departments.
In addition to his mother, surviving are his wife, Kim Greathouse; sisters, Kathy Brady of Point Marion and Donna Nestor of Morgantown; brothers, Roger Austin of Haydentown, Pa., Bill Dunn of Morgantown, and Gary Dunn of Dilliner; his father-in-law, Jim Mankins of Lake Lynn and several nieces and nephews, including Morgan Paige Churby, whom he thought of as his own.
Also deceased is his mother-in-law, Cecelia ‘Peach’ Mankins.
Friends will be received in the RICHARD R. HEROD FUNERAL HOME, Point Marion, on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday until 11:00 a.m., the hour of service, with Robert Barton officiating.
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