Burial was in the City of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home.
He died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2002.
He was born Oct. 25, 1911, in Haskell County. He married Edith Belle Raney Oct. 18, 1931, in Portales, N.M. She died Feb. 20, 1996. He attended school in Lubbock. He worked for J.D. Leftwich Construction and Bundock Construction Company. He built several buildings for Sandia Laboratories for Nuclear Research with 10-foot thick concrete walls. He built several Texas Tech buildings and the Plains National Bank on 50th and University. He was a member of the Westwood Evangelism Center and the Carpenters Union.
He was preceded in death by four brothers C.P. Austin; Alvie Austin; Cecil Austin and B.T. Austin and two sisters, Viola Walker and Serena Johnston
Survivors include a son, Walter of El Paso; a daughter, Pearl Barnett of Andrews; six brothers, W.A. and Donis, both of Houston, Partin of Missouri, Russell and Donal, both of Lubbock, and Guy of Farwell; three sisters, Margaret Watts of Phoenix, Ariz., Emma Powell of Levelland and Meretta Houlette of El Paso; seven grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Burial was in the City of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home.
He died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2002.
He was born Oct. 25, 1911, in Haskell County. He married Edith Belle Raney Oct. 18, 1931, in Portales, N.M. She died Feb. 20, 1996. He attended school in Lubbock. He worked for J.D. Leftwich Construction and Bundock Construction Company. He built several buildings for Sandia Laboratories for Nuclear Research with 10-foot thick concrete walls. He built several Texas Tech buildings and the Plains National Bank on 50th and University. He was a member of the Westwood Evangelism Center and the Carpenters Union.
He was preceded in death by four brothers C.P. Austin; Alvie Austin; Cecil Austin and B.T. Austin and two sisters, Viola Walker and Serena Johnston
Survivors include a son, Walter of El Paso; a daughter, Pearl Barnett of Andrews; six brothers, W.A. and Donis, both of Houston, Partin of Missouri, Russell and Donal, both of Lubbock, and Guy of Farwell; three sisters, Margaret Watts of Phoenix, Ariz., Emma Powell of Levelland and Meretta Houlette of El Paso; seven grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Family Members
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Serena Iris Austin Johnston
1901–1997
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C. P. Austin
1903–1910
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B. T. Austin
1906–2002
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Viola Austin Walker
1908–1992
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Cecil Anderson Austin
1910–1991
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Margaret Nell Austin Watts
1913–2014
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Emma Josephine Austin Powell
1915–2011
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William Anderson Austin Jr
1917–2007
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Partin Austin
1919–2016
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Russell Anderson Austin
1921–2003
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Guy Austin
1923–2006
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Meretta Austin Houlette
1925–2008
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Donal Charles Austin
1928–2017
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