Thursday, January 6, 2011 9:31 am

Ms. Frances Coffey Beaver Austin, 79, of Forest City, NC passed away Friday, December 31, 2010. Services were held at Forest City Church of the Nazarene. Burial followed in the Morrow Family Cemetery.

Ms. Austin was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Carrie Harris Coffey.

She is survived by 4 sons, Myron Lee Beaver of Jacksonville, NC, and Arlin Wesley Beaver, Arnold Warren Beaver, and Rev. Dale Ray Austin, all of Forest City, NC; 1 daughter, Dawn Sharee Evans of Ellenboro; 1 brother, J.L. Coffey of Spartanburg, SC; 1 sister, Nellie Jump of Colorado; 12 grandchildren; and 1 great-grandchild.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Forest City Church of the Nazarene, 728 Hardin Road, Forest City, NC 28043; or to: Shingle Hollow Congregational Holiness Church, 2466 Cove Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home, Cliffside, NC is serving the family.