Myrtle Sexton Austin

Greenville, SC. - Myrtle Sexton Austin, 83, formerly of Woodfin, NC. died Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at Oakmont East Nursing Home in Greenville, SC. Mrs. Austin was born in Transylvania County, NC. She spent most of her life in the Asheville area where she supported her late husband, Norman M. Austin, as the first mayor of Woodfin. She worked for Burlington Mills and was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary to Enka Union. She was an Eastern Star and active member of Elk Mountain Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and sang in the choir. After moving to Greenville, she was an active participant in the activities of Oakmont. Daughter of the late Rev. John H. and Vonnie Phillips Sexton, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Norman M. Austin; daughter, Mildred Fisher; brothers, Jack Sexton and Raymond King and a sister, Margaret Sexton Wright.. Surviving are her daughter, Jane Austin Winfield and husband Charles; Granddaughters, Kristin McCombe Baker and Amy Lyn Reeves and husband Rev. Brant Ian Reeves, and great grandchildren, McRae Elizabeth Baker, Courtney Phillips Baker, Andrew Nelson Reeves and Abigail Bailey Reeves all of Travelers Rest, SC.; grandsons Donald Fisher and Allen Fisher and great grandchildren, Alexander and Lauren Fisher all of Hendersonville, NC. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday at Elk Mountain Cemetery in Woodfin, NC. with the Rev. Brant Reeves officiating. The family will receive friends at Anders-Rice Funeral Home in Asheville, NC. at 10:00 A.M. Friday and at other times at the home of her daughter, Jane Austin Winfield. Message may be sent to myrtleaustinmemories@hotmail.co m.