Jacksonville, Florida
AUSTIN T. Edward "Ed" Austin died peacefully at home on April 23, 2011. He was 84 years old. Austin was an extraordinary public servant who left a lasting impression on all who knew him. A child of the Great Depression, Austin had a humble beginning in Shenandoah, Va. As a high school student, he...
Read MoreTo the Austin family. My sincere condolences to all of you. Ed and my mother were first cousins and he visited her several years ago in Shenandoah, Va. It was a pleasure for me to meet and talk with him at that time. She was so happy to see him and we had a good visit. I just learned of his death today. May God bless all of you. Gloria Stanley Raynes.
Gloria Raynes
June 28, 2011 | Mt. Crawford, VA
Dear Family of Ed. Austin,
I may be one of the very few people who knew your Dad from 1942-1944 when we were classmates at Cradock HS. He was supposed to graduate in 1943 but chose to come back in 1944 and that helped him get a scholarship to Duke to play basketball and football. Cradock was a small school at the height of World War II. We had about 52 in our graduating class so we were close. I played football with him. He and another student were our coaches during the week because...
Harley Affeldt
May 23, 2011 | Winston-Salem, NC
Dear Austin Family,
My father and Ed went back many years.They met in 1951 at The University of Florida. My father was a student and Ed was a physical education teacher. They then crossed paths in the mid 1950's in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where Dad was a Army lieutenant and Ed was going through Officer candidate school. They then went to the same law school at UF. They worked together at the County Solicitor's Office as prosecutors. When Ed became Public Defender in 1963, he hired Dad as...
Lou Frost IV
May 06, 2011 | Jacksonville, FL
What a true Southern Gentleman and Honest Politician - He will be missed so much - God Bless him and his Family - Rest in Peace, Mayor Austin - You and Your Wife are now reunited -
barbara and ray cochran
May 04, 2011 | Jacksonville, FL
My condolences to the entire Austin family. My thoughts and prayers are with you now in the the tough months that follow.
Donna Page
May 03, 2011 | Jacksonville, FL
I work at a local law office and received a call from a lady who wished to remain anonymous but wanted Mr. Austin's family to know the following:
"Mr. Austin is my hero; in 1968 I called and told him a story and he told me four words that made me the happpiest woman in Jacksonville. I never saw him before or after except on TV and in the paper; I talked to him on the phone that one time only, but he greatly influened me. I always kept up with him whatever he was doing. He was my...
May 03, 2011
My condolences to the Austin family. It was a pleasure to have known you and served under your leadership Mr. Austin.
Peace to you and all who loved you.
Susan Sorensen
May 01, 2011 | Islamorada, FL
My thoughts and prayers are with all of the Austin family at this time.So many memories of playing in your back yard as a child and what nice parents you had. Thank you for those.Love, Lee Studstill
May 01, 2011
Mr. Austin influenced a lot of boys through the Boy Scouts of America where he served as a Commissioner.
Terri Pletcher
April 29, 2011 | Jacksonville, FL