Mr. Austin Allen McFadden Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Remembrance of Austin’s Life Austin Allen McFadden was born June 27, 1938, in Clarendon County, South Carolina. He departed this life after a brief illness on November 24, 2022. He was the second oldest child from the union of the late Vera Bennett McFadden and Austin Eugene McFadden. Austin attended public school in Sumter County, South Carolina, In 1955, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a Light Vehicle/Truck Driver and was assigned to the 596th AM Company at Ft Lee, VA. He was honorably discharged in 1958 and transferred to the Transportation USA Reserves South Carolina Military District until 1963. After the Army, Austin became a typewriter repairman for the Congressmen and staff in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was hand-selected, and the only African-American in the class, to attend the official IBM School in New York to learn how to repair the IBM Selectric Typewriter which was the equivalent of today’s personal computer. He served on Capitol Hill for 30 years and retired in May 1994. Austin was affectionally known by several names which include Mac, Bubba, Dick, and Pop. He had many hobbies from working on cars, drawing, woodworking, and fishing, but his favorite of all time was planting a garden every spring in Dupont Park in Washington, DC. He was proud of his harvest and shared it with all. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He also loved hearing about the escapades of his great-grandchildren. Austin is survived by his devoted partner: Mary L. Price; former wife: Willie J. McFadden; children: Austin Smalls (Mary), Beverly Boone (Harmon), Donna McFadden Hopewell (Anthony), and Wayne A. McFadden; two sisters: Jo Ann Caldwell and Dora Jean Sanders; grandchildren: Adrienna Bassett (Charlie), Quione Rice (Terrence), Kendra Tindal, Anthony Hopewell Jr., Nicolin Hopewell (Nina), Wayne J. McFadden, and Tanisha Velez (Darius); great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Austin was proceeded in death by his parents: Vera Bennett McFadden and Austin Eugene McFadden; four brothers: Billy Kennedy, James Nelson, Thomas Nelson, and Ashwell McFadden; two brothers-in-law: Sanko Sanders and Sam Caldwell; and one daughter-in-law: Beverly E. McFadden.

Mr. Austin Allen McFadden

June 27, 1938 - November 24, 2022