Irene B. Austin

Irene Bowyer Austin, 88, of 3959 Pisggh Road Princeton, West Virginia went to be with the LORD on Monday, April 20, 2009 at her daughter’s home surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Austin was born on June 15, 1920 to the late Emmett Perdieu and Elizabeth Baldwin Predieu in Hotchkiss, West Virginia. She was a member of the Sandlick Methodist Church and had been a resident of Sandlick for the past 43 years. Irene was a retired postmaster with the United States postal service. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first Husband S.L. Bowyer and second husband A.J. Austin, Two brothers and three sisters. Left to cherish her memory is one son, Carlos L. Bowyer and wife JoAnn of Dayton, Ohio and two daughters, Yvonne Surface and husband Roger of Princeton, West Virginia with whom she made her home for the past two years. Two sisters, Margie Meador of Granite City of Illinois and Mildred Bailey of Herrin, Illinois. Six grandchildren, Danny Bowyer of Dayton, Ohio, Tammy Haas of Dayton, Ohio, Cathi Ellison of Princeton, West Virginia, Joey Surface and wife Tabitha of Princeton, West Virginia, Duane Surface and wife Linda of Ballard, West Virginia and Pam Goode and husband Randall of Gastonia, North Carolina and nine great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell, West Virginia with the Ministers Martha Boyd and Kevin Farmer officiating the service. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton, West Virginia. Friends and family may call from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell, West Virginia. Serving as pallbearers will be Duane Surface, Joey Surface, Randall Goode, Rusty Shrader, Randy Brown and Gary Cooper. In lieu of flowers donations are asked to be made to the Appalachian Teen Challenge P.O. Box 980 Athens, West Virginia 24712; Community Hospice of America Foundation, Inc. 1033 Stafford Drive Princeton, West Virginia; The ALS Association Central & Southern Ohio Chapter 1170 Old Henderson Road Suite 221 Columbus, Ohio 43220.