LAFAYETTE F. AUSTIN

DERIDDER — Funeral services for Lafayette Fate Austin, 69, of West Lake and formerly of DeRidder, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Hixson Funeral Home here. The Rev. Elmer Perkins will officiate; Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery.
Mr. Austin died at 11 p.m. Tuesday in his home.
Survivors are his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Laura Phillips of Sulphur, Mrs. Hattie Williams and Mrs .Beulah Mae Hunter, both of Tuscon, Ariz., Mrs. L. E. Johnson of DeRidder and Mrs. Mary Lee Linton of Belmont, Calif.; five sons, James E. and Van L. Austin, both of DeRidder, and L. V., Chester L. and John Eddie Austin, all of West Lake. Also, one brother, Richard Austin of Anacoco; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Honea of Eunice, Mrs. Nina Higginbotham, Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Dezzie Lambert, all of DeRidder, and Mrs. Charity Brister of Leesville; 21 grandchildren, and 11 greatgrandchildren.
American Press Thursday February 29 1968∼Lafayette Lloyd "Fate" Austin
Sex: M
Birth: 26 Oct 1898 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Death: 27 Feb 1968 in West Lake, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana


Note: From The Lake Charles American Press, February 29, 1968 Obituary - Lafayette F. Austin DeRidder — Funeral services for Lafayette Fate Austin, 69, of Westlake and formerly of DeRidder, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Hixson Funeral Home here. The Rev. Elmer Perkins will officiate. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery. Mr. Austin died at 11 p.m. Tuesday in his Home.Survivors are his wife; five daughters, Mrs. Laura Phillips of Sulphur, Mrs. Hattie Williams and Mrs. Beulah Mae Hunter, both of Tuscon, Ariz., Mrs. L. E. Johnson of DeRidder and Mrs. Mary Lee Linton of Belmont, Cal.; five sons, James E. and Van L. Austin, both of Deridder, and L. V., Chester L. and John Eddie Austin, all of West Lake. Also one brother, Richard Austin of Anacoco; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Hones of Eunice, Mrs. Nina Higginbotham, Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Dezzie Lambert, all of DeRidder, and Mrs. Charity Brister of Leesville; 21 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.


Father: Joseph Samuel AUSTIN b: Jul 1861
Mother: Elizabeth Jane BAILEY b: 5 Nov 1860 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Marriage 1 Margaret Missouri BAILEY b: 27 Jun 1901 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Divorced: Y
Married: 1 May 1919 in Deridder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Children
Laura AUSTIN b: 4 Mar 1920 in Deridder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
James Edward AUSTIN b: 8 Apr 1923
Hattie Faye AUSTIN b: 1923
Beulah Mae AUSTIN b: 1927
Van Loyd AUSTIN b: 29 Jan 1928 in Louisiana


Marriage 2 Katie PHILIPS
Married: 9 Dec 1955 in Deridder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana