Suffolk – Austin James Carroll, 19, died December 18, 2008. Austin, an 11th grade student at Lakeland High School, was also a student at Pruden Vo-Tech Center studying building trades. Austin had an appreciation and enthusiasm for life and enjoyed sports, hunting, fishing and skateboarding.
Left to cherish his memory are his parents, Kenneth Lee Carroll, Sr. and Michelle Young Carroll; three brothers, Kenneth Lee Carroll, Jr., of Suffolk and Nick and Jordan Carroll, both of Windsor; maternal grandparents, James Young and his wife, Darlene, of Suffolk; paternal great-grandfather, Paul D. Young of Virginia Beach; two aunts, Lori Carroll of Virginia Beach and Sarah Bates of Carryville, TN; three uncles Robert Carroll and Marvin Carroll, Jr., of Virginia Beach and Paul Young of Suffolk and many other cousins, relatives and friends. Austin was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Marvin R. and Ruth Virginia Carroll.
A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday at Bethel Assembly of God, Beale's Corner, Suffolk, with the Rev. T.R. King officiating. Burial will follow in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, is assisting the family.