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CONCORD - William Watson "Bill" Auten, of 474 Union Cemetery Road, a loving husband, father and grandfather, died Tuesday, Oct 9, 2007, at his home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hartsell Funeral Home, Concord. The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday at Westford United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Jeffrey Rushing and Mary Beth Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Carolina Memorial Park. Mr. Auten was born Nov. 12, 1918, the son of the late Leroy Banks Auten and the late Mattie Elizabeth (Houston) Auten. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Engineers. He had been employed as a loom fixer by Cannon Mills. He was a member of Westford United Methodist Church, where he was a member of the Helpers Sunday School Class. His class members will serve as honorary pallbearers. Graveside military rites will be performed by the DAV Veterans Honor Guard. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Wallace, Robert and Zeb Auten; and sisters, Ruth Chase and Margaret Billings. Survivors include his wife, Edith (Shoe) Auten of the home; daughters, Tana Kiker and husband, Steve, of Harrisburg and Marla Furr and husband, Ray, of Concord; sisters, Martha Hathcock and Evelyn James, both of Kannapolis; grandchildren, Jason Furr, Josh Kiker, Matt Kiker and Michael Kiker. The family meeting place will be the home at 474 Union Cemetery Road, Concord. Memorials may be made to Westford UMC Building Fund, 273 N.C. 49 S., Concord, NC 28027 or Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081. Arrangements by Hartsell Funeral Home- Concord. Online obituaries and condolences at www.hartsellfh.com