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Submitted: 10/3/21 • Approved: 10/3/21 • Last Updated: 10/6/21 • R460824-G460824-S3
Harold S. “Whiz”
1922-1996
Father/Papa
Please see military marker
Lessie Ann
1922-2005
Mother/Mama
Wed Dec 10, 1946
In Loving Memory
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Harold
Harold "Whiz" Austin, 73, died Friday, May 31, 1996 in Wheeler. Services were at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Toby Henson, pastor, and Bill Morrison, minister of the Wheeler Church of Christ, officiating. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mr. Austin was born Aug. 30, 1922, in Wheeler and lived in Wheeler County all his life. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married Lessie Ann Lackey on Dec. 10, 1946 at Los Angeles, Calif. He was a rancher.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons, Kenneth Austin of Gravit [sic], Ark. and Joe Austin of Wheeler; a daughter, Charlotte Brown of San Antonio; a brother, Raymond Austin of Enoch; and five grandsons.
Pallbearers were Larry Finsterwald, Loyd Goad, Jerry Hefley, Thurman Horn, Harper Muse, and James Verden. Honorary Pallbearers were Darville Atherton, Truman Bradstreet, Leon Filingim, Willis Fillingim, and Doyle Grimes.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume 63, Number 26, Thursday, June 6, 1996, Page 1)
*Obituary Lessie
WHEELER - Lessie Ann Austin, 83, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dennis Williams, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mrs. Austin was born June 8, 1922, in Arkansas to Joe B. and Jenny Lackey. She married Harold S. "Whiz" Austin on Dec. 10, 1946, in Los Angeles and moved to Wheeler County, where she worked with her husband on the family farm and ranch. She was a member of First Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1996.
Survivors include two sons, Kenneth Austin of Gravette, Ark., and Joe Austin of Wheeler; a daughter, Charlotte Brown of San Antonio; four brothers, Wendell Lackey of Coos Bay, Ore., Preston Lackey and Sanford Lackey, both of Jasper, Ark., and Wayne Lackey of Illinois; a sister, Mabel King of Kansas City, Mo.; and six grandsons.
The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.
Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 15, 2005
Contributed on 10/3/21
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