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Thomas Lester Austin18341 was born on 24 May 1906 in Patterson, Caldwell Co., NC.18342,18343 He lived with his father and step-mother in Yadkin Valley Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 5 April 1930. Thomas registered for the WW2 draft on 3 October 1940 in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC.18344 Thomas died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC on 30 April 2000.
Thomas Lester Austin and Katherine Armetta "Armetta" Earney were married on 4 April 1931. They appeared in the census on 6 April 1940 in Hickory Twp., Catawba Co., NC.18345 
Katherine Armetta "Armetta" Earney, daughter of Moulton David Earney and Anna Belle Parrish, was born on 18 December 1905 in Burke Co., NC.18346 She lived with her father in Lower Creek Twp., Caldwell Co., NC on 2 May 1930. Katherine died in Catawba Co., NC on 6 November 1991 and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC in November 1991 .18347,18348
Obituary, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, Fri., Nov. 8, 1991
Mrs. Arminda Austin, 85, retired Spainhour's department store salesclerk and bridal consultant, died Nov. 6, 1991, at Brian Center nursing home. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Bass-Smith Funeral Home.
Survivors are her husband, Lester; son, Thomas Austin of Spartanburg; sister, Mrs. Doris Austin of Lenoir.
This could be the Arminta Earney found in the 1920 Icard, Burke Co., NC census record with her parents, M. D. and Rosa.
Thomas Lester Austin and Katherine Armetta "Armetta" Earney had the following children:
11644 | i. | Living was born in 1932 in Caldwell Co., NC.18349 |
+11645 | ii. | James Franklin Austin. |
11646 | iii. | Mary Anna Austin was born on 3 April 1944 in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC.18350 Mary died at 807 17th St. in Hickory, Catawba Co., NC on 14 August 1944 of a congenital heart disease and was buried at18351 Arney Cemetery in Penelope, Burke Co., NC on 15 August 1944 .18352,18353 |