This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WZVBAIB/3307 Message Board Post: Albuquerque Journal - February 28, 2003 Autry L. Warren, MSgt. (ret.), passed February 22, 2003 at his Atlanta, GA home while recuperating from heart surgery. Born in Vanndale, Arkansas on July 31, 1931, he was the son of Minter and Queen Warren (both deceased). Autry enlisted in the United States Air Force at age 17 and served in the military for 23 distinguished years with overseas tours of duty in South Korea, Japan, France, and Thailand. Autry professed his faith in Christ at an early age. Growing up as the son of a sharecropper, he learned the importance of moral fortitude, hard work, and education. During his walk of life he was committed to God and his family. Autry met Nora Frances Collins of Wynne, Arkansas, and on January 23, 1955 the two were united in marriage. Prior to moving to Atlanta in 2001, Autry and Nora were longtime residents of Albuquerque, NM where he retired from the military in 1973. He earned an Associate Business Degree in Accounting in 1974. He also began a second career at Sandia Labo! ratories. Over the years Autry and Nora established deep and lasting ties with friends and neighbors. They attended Kirtland Air Force Base Chapel where Autry served as an usher. Together Autry and Nora raised four children, stressing education as one of the cornerstones of success. Autry was proud to see his children receive degrees from the University of New Mexico, Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley, and Stanford University. He was perhaps prouder to see all of his children raise families of their own. Autry is survived by his wife of 48 years, Nora Frances Collins Warren; his four children and their spouses, Autry (Stephanie) L. Warren, Jr., Kenneth (Maria) Warren, Diann (Carl) McCants, and Lynnae (Iilonga) Thandiwe; and 11 grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister, Ms. Iola Sargent of Thibodeaux, LA; his brother, James (Carrie) Warren of Fountain, CO; his sister-in-law, Ann (Clifford) Grice of Richmond, CA; his sister-in-law, Anna Warren! Anderson of Wynne, AR, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. Autry was a man of calm, good will, and generosity. He will be remembered as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Services will be February 28, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. at Cascade United Methodist Church, 3144 Cascade Road, SW, Atlanta, GA. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Alfonso Dawson Mortuary, Inc., 3000 Martin Luther King Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA.