Lela Sue Austin

Funeral services for Lela Sue Melugin Austin, 67, of Sterlington, LA, will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, March 29, 2012 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe, LA with Rev. Larry O’Dell, Rev. Betty Swanson, and Rev. Joe Solomon officiating. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday at LaCompte Cemetery, LaCompte, LA under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

Mrs. Austin was born November 15, 1944 in Houston, TX and passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2012.

Mrs. Austin was preceded in death by father and stepmother, Dr. Kermit T. and Virginia Melugin, mother, Sarah Elizabeth Melugin of McKinney, TX.

Survivors include beloved husband and caregiver of 35 years, James R. “Dick” Austin; daughter, Elizabeth “Libby” Austin Badgett and husband Jason of Bryan, TX; step-daughter, Pamela Austin Lantz and husband Randall of Pine Key, FL; step-son, Stephen J. Austin of Nokomis, FL; grandsons, Brady and Preston Badgett; step-grandsons, Benjamin, Christopher, and Jonathon Lantz; great grandson, Mason Lantz; brothers, Joseph Earl Melugin of Lake Texhoma, TX and Ramsey K. Melugin and wife Marlene of Los Altos, CA, step sister, Jane Kilcrease and husband Bob of Era, TX; and special pets, Toupie and Tinker.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, sons-in-law, and stepson. Honorary Pallbearer will be James Allen.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at Mulhearn Funeral Home Sterlington Road.

The family wishes to extend their thanks to Jeffery E. Gershenwald, MD, of M.D. Anderson, Houston, TX for his care throughout the years.

Memorials may be made to Lea Joyner United Methodist Church or the Cancer Foundation League of Northeast Louisiana, 411 Calypso Street Monroe, LA 71201.

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