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William Bryant Austin Sr.

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William Bryant Austin Sr.

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
19 Apr 1977 (aged 85)
Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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An attorney for 56 years in Ashe County, he was a former legislator from Ashe County, serving two terms in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate. He was a former member of the State Democratic Advisory Committee and in 1950 was selected to be permanent chairman of the State Democratic Convention.

Austin was a Mason, charter member of the Jefferson Rotary Club and a former director of the Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. of Lenoir, and Northwestern Bank. He was one of the founders of Ashe Memorial Hospital.

Hickory Daily Record, April 21, 1977
Contributor: Gracie Seitz Cook (48452411) • [email protected])
An attorney for 56 years in Ashe County, he was a former legislator from Ashe County, serving two terms in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate. He was a former member of the State Democratic Advisory Committee and in 1950 was selected to be permanent chairman of the State Democratic Convention.

Austin was a Mason, charter member of the Jefferson Rotary Club and a former director of the Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. of Lenoir, and Northwestern Bank. He was one of the founders of Ashe Memorial Hospital.

Hickory Daily Record, April 21, 1977
Contributor: Gracie Seitz Cook (48452411) • [email protected])


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