Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Austin Sr., John Thomas December 27, 1993 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Renfrow dianel14@gmail.com April 17, 2013, 7:51 pm Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Friday, December 31, 1993 Deacon John Thomas Austin, Sr., 70, of the 2700 block of Tidewater Drive, a retired merchant seaman, died Dec. 27, 1993, in Norfolk. Mr. Austin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He retired from the National Maritime Union after 40 years and was a member of Faith Baptist Church, the Deacon Board, and the Rangers Hunting Club. He was the son of the late Milton Austin. Survivors include his wife, Mary Brown Austin; four daughters, Wander Lebauf and Doris J. Austin, both of New York City, Brenda Mathis of Montgomery, Ala., and Bessie Moore of Detroit, Mich.; three sons, John T. Austin, Jr., and Gerald Austin, both of Mobile, Ala., and Milton Austin of Atlanta, Ga.; his mother, Sarah S. Crum of Selma, Ala.; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at Faith Baptist Church, 2015 Wickham Ave., across from the Craftman Hall, Newport News, Va., by the Rev. Leon Abbott. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery . A wake will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Hale Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at 2720 Tidewater Drive. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/a/austinsr1845gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb