Extracted from the Jacksonville Daily Progress (Jacksonville, TX)
W.E. Austin Rites Friday
Willard Ervin ``Bubba'' Austin, 76, of Jacksonville, died at 6:30 a.m. Thursday in a Jacksonville nursing home after an extended illness.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mason Gray officiating. Burial will be in the Henry Cemetery at Gallatin under direction of Thompson Funeral Home.
A native of Louisiana, Mr. Austin was a retired surveyor and a Baptist.
Survivors include two brothers, H.R. Austin, Jacksonville and L.M. Austin, Gallatin; and one sister, Mrs. Verna Baker, Henderson.
Thursday, December 27, 1973