Extracted from the Jacksonville Daily Progress (Jacksonville, TX)
Lafayette Austin
Lafayette Melton Austin, 76, of Gallatin died at 6:10 p.m. Wednesday in a Jacksonville hospital after a brief illness.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Missionary Baptist Church at Gallatin with the Rev. Randy Penny and the Rev. A. D. Munsinger officiating. Burial will be in the Henry Cemetery under direction of Thompson Funeral Home.
Mr. Austin had lived at Gallatin most of his life was a retired employee of Wynnewood Products Co. and was a Baptist.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie Austin of Gallatin; two sons, Kenneth R. Austin of Pearland, and Carroll W. Austin of Spring; one sister, Mrs. Verna Baker of Jacksonville; and four grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Charles T. Jones, Timothy Birmingham, James Carroll McKnight, Bob Anderson, Jerry Grimes and Charles Grimes.
Thursday, August 21, 1980