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Elmer Claude Austin

Birth: 23 Dec 1894
Death: 30 Jan 1980 (aged 85)
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery

Baxter, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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William Edward Austin

1858–1931
Mary Florence Jernigan Austin

1863–1941

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Lela Gentry Austin

1894–1928

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Flora Ann Austin Sliger

1884–1936
Nora Etta Austin

1885–1971
Ernest Haskell Austin Sr

1888–1951
Evola Avo Austin

1889–1988
Franklin Pierce Austin

1892–1964
Myrtle Gertrude Berchia Austin Thomas

1897–1995
William Arthur Austin

1901–1980

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Elmer Claude Austin
b. 23 December 1894
d. 30 January 1980
Wife: Lela Gentry
Father: William "Bill" Edward Austin
Mother: Mary Florence Jernigan
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Putnam Co, TN, USA

Elmer Claude Austin Obt.
b. 23 December 1894, Putnam Co., TN – d. 30 January 1980, Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN, md on the 20
th
of December 1914, Putnam Co., TN to Lela (Gentry) Austin, b. 22 December 1894, Putnam Co., TN – d.
21 June 1929, Putnam Co., TN, d/o Silas Henry "Si" Gentry (1857-1931) & Mary Roberton Maxwell
(1859-1947). Buried next to Elmer & Lela: Silas Austin, b. & d. 20 Oct. 1920. Elmer Claude Austin,
s/o William "Bill" Edward Austin (1858-1931) & Mary Florence Jernigan (1863-1941), both buried in
the Double Springs Cemetery, Putnam Co., TN. Elmer Claude Austin & Lela Gentry children: Norma
Inez Austin, b. 23 May 1917, Putnam Co., TN md on the 16
th
of May 1937 to Tom Rye Hutchison.
*See Franklin Pierce Austin Obt.
(Source: Tennessee State Marriage record, Putnam Co., TN, pg:246,
#975 Mr. Elmer Austin married 20 December 1914, Putnam Co., TN
to Miss Lela Gentry. Bhy whom married: J. W. Judd, Justice of the
Peace).
BAXTER – Funeral services for Elmer Claude Austin, 85, were
conducted Saturday, Feb. 2, at 1 p.m. at the chapel of Baxter Funeral
Home with Bro. Robert Prichard officiating. Burial was in
Oddfellow Cemetery.
Mr. Austin died January 30 1980 at Cookeville General following an
extended illness.
(Picture: L to R: Siblings: Nora Etta Austin; Elmer Claude Austin &
Nora Etta Austin. Courtesy of Mabel J. Austin).
Born December 23, 1894 in Putnam County, he was the son of the late William and Mary Florence
Jernigan Austin and the husband of the late Lela Gentry Austin. He was a retired carpenter.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Norma Hutchison of Garden City, MI; two sisters, Mrs. Berchie
Thomas of WV and Mrs. Vola Austin of Baxter; a brother, Arthur Austin of Baxter; three grandchildren,
five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Baxter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Herald Citizen Newspaper, Cookeville, TN

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