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Submitted: 7/3/12 • Approved: 2/13/22 • Last Updated: 2/16/22 • R722563-G0-S3
STAFF SERGEANT US Army
World War II
August 15, 1923 - July 26, 2010
Purple Heart
*Obituary
Benton County Daily Record
Saturday, 31 July 2010
BENTONVILLE — William H. "Bill" Austin, age 86, of Bentonville, Ark., departed this earth on July 26, 2010, in Fayetteville. He was born Aug. 15, 1923, in Pea Ridge, Ark, to the late Oscar Wallace and Marie Gadberry Austin.
He was a graduate of Decatur High School, a veteran of the United States Army, having served his country proudly during WWII, earning the Purple Heart. He was owner-operator truck driver for Tri-State in Joplin, Mo., and also retired from Peterson Industries.
Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Pauline Austin, of Bentonville; a son, Billy Austin and wife, Donna, of Gravette; a daughter, Judy Vincent of Joplin, Mo.: a stepson, Danny Duncan and wife, Bobbi, of Rogers, Ark.; stepdaughters, Peggi Curtis of Sulphur Springs, Ark., and Patti Livingston of Louisiana; a granddaughter, Lana Green of Chicago, Ill.; and a grandson, Justin Green of Neosho, Mo.; and a sister Margie B. Haas of Orlando, Fla.
He was a loving father to all the children and grandchildren. He will be greatly missed.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 29, at the First Christian Church in Gravette.
Interment was in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Gravette.
Arrangements are under the care of Callison-Lough Funeral Home of Bentonville.
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