Obituary:
Phillip Washington Austin pioneer resident of Brownwood and Brown Co. died at the family residence, 200 Main Avenue at 1:15 Sunday, May 27th following a long illness. At time of death he was 82 years, 10 months, and 9 days of age, his 83rd birthday falling on the 18th of the coming July. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4:30 from the Harwell Funeral Home, and will be conducted by Rev. J.W. Johnson, for many years a personal friend of deceased. Interment will be at Atkins, Arkansas, on Wednesday afternoon, May 30th. The remains are to be shipped over the Frisco midnight train tonight accompanied by his sons, J. M. Austin and W. Y. Austin. Atkins was the old home of deceased. Phillip Washington Austin was born in Loraine County, Tennessee, on July 18th, 1845, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Young Austin, highly respected pioneer family of that section. At the age of 2 years he moved with the family to Pope County, Arkansas, where he resided until he volunteered in the United States Army for service in the Civil War, on Sep 10, 1863; serving until honorable discharged on August 18, 1865. After his discharge, he returned to Pope County where he was married to Miss Mary C. Rhyne. They resided there for several years, Mrs. Austin dying in 1900, and Mr. Austin with the family moved to Texas in 1903. He first settled near Blanket, in Brown County engaging in farming in that and other Brown County communities until he moved to Brownwood in 1911, where he resided continuously until the time of his death. To Mr. and Mrs. Austin were born three sons and seven daughters, the sons and five of the daughters surviving him. Two daughters, Mdmes. Talle and Loanna Robinson, died several years ago. Children surviving are, three sons, Marvin Holder, Brown Co. Texas; W.[Young] Austin, 2000 Main Avenue, Brownwood, Texas; J. M. Austin, Coggin Avenue, Brownwood; and five daughters, Mesdames J. R. Whitesides, Rochester, Texas; R .P. Smith, Russellville, Ar.; D. M. Hayes [Hays], Atkins, Arkansas; W. M. Dykes, King, Texas; T. W. Earnest, 707 Ave. G, Brownwood, Texas. Mr. Austin was a Christian gentleman, a member of the Methodist Church for many years. He led an active and useful life, until a few years ago when his health began failing and since that time he had been growing more feeble until the time of his last illness and death. Back in his old home section he has many friends who mourn his death, and during his residence in Brownwood and Brown County he has many many close friends by his unfailing kindness and gentleness of spirit, and to these friends the death comes as a very real grief and loss, and these many friends and acquaintances join the bereaving relatives in sincerely mourning the passing of this good man. (I do not have the name of the newspaper in which it appeared.)