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Cleveland Austin

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Cleveland Austin

Birth
Death
30 Jul 1972 (aged 87)
Burial
Kilmichael, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Rites held for Mr. Austin August 1

Mr. Cleveland Austin, 87, died at the Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital Sunday, July 30, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were conducted at Winona Funeral Home Chapel August l at 10 a.m. with the Rev. G. T. Duke and Rev. David Pratt officiating. Burial was in Bethlehem Baptist Church cemetery, Winona Funeral Home in charge.

Mr. Austin, the son of the late William and Lucretia McClure Austin, was born in Montgomery County and married the former Joe Hawkins who preceded him in death. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Claudine Cook and Mrs. Minnie Mae Sandidge, Winona, Mrs. Cora Lee Buchanan, Durant, and Mrs. Hulda Schmidt, North Hollywood, Calif.; two sons, C. E. Austin, Winona, and Manuel Austin, Greenwood, and a half-brother, Virgil Herring, Philadelphia; also, five grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Floyd Austin, Vernon Austin, Guy Austin, Don Buchanan, Barksdale Garner and Hubert S. Hambrick.

The Winona Times
Winona, MS
August 3, 1972
Rites held for Mr. Austin August 1

Mr. Cleveland Austin, 87, died at the Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital Sunday, July 30, following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were conducted at Winona Funeral Home Chapel August l at 10 a.m. with the Rev. G. T. Duke and Rev. David Pratt officiating. Burial was in Bethlehem Baptist Church cemetery, Winona Funeral Home in charge.

Mr. Austin, the son of the late William and Lucretia McClure Austin, was born in Montgomery County and married the former Joe Hawkins who preceded him in death. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Claudine Cook and Mrs. Minnie Mae Sandidge, Winona, Mrs. Cora Lee Buchanan, Durant, and Mrs. Hulda Schmidt, North Hollywood, Calif.; two sons, C. E. Austin, Winona, and Manuel Austin, Greenwood, and a half-brother, Virgil Herring, Philadelphia; also, five grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Floyd Austin, Vernon Austin, Guy Austin, Don Buchanan, Barksdale Garner and Hubert S. Hambrick.

The Winona Times
Winona, MS
August 3, 1972


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  • Created by: Ron Collins
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22636877/cleveland-austin: accessed ), memorial page for Cleveland Austin (2 Sep 1884–30 Jul 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22636877, citing Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Kilmichael, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Ron Collins (contributor 14149965).