Austin Johns, 28, of St. Augustine, Florida, passed on December 9, 2024, at his home.
Services will be held 2 PM, Saturday, December 14, 2024, at The Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald, with Vic Boney officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday from 12:30 PM until the service hour at the funeral home.
Austin was born November 15, 1996, in Savannah, Georgia, to Tina Boney and Clint Johns. He was a 2015 graduate of Fitzgerald High School and was currently working on his associates degree in business and a bachelors in accounting. Austin managed the Salt Spa in St. Augustine and was an agent at XMP Realtor. His heart was the biggest with the sweetest soul. Austin was a giver, a dreamer and loved all things fashion, music and travel. He loved being an uncle to his nephews and all the extra babies he got to love.
He is survived by his mother, Tina & Malachi Boney; his father, Clint Johns; siblings: Brooke & Chris Bobo, Dillan & Michelle Johns, and Tyler & Naomi Boney; two nephews: Harlen Bobo and Jagger Boney; an unborn niece, Wrenlyn Johns; grandparents: Glenda Ray and Vicki & Eddie Newton; his great-grandmother, Bootsie New; and his godchild, Kingston. He is also survived by a special friend and mentor, Beata Kosakowska; several aunts and uncles and cousins, and three fur babies: Jake, Rocky and Mary. He was preceded in death by two grandfathers: George F. Johnson and Harley C. Johns; a great-grandmother, Emma Veal and a great-grandfather, Billy Ray.
In lieu of flowers or donations, we ask that you hug your child, grandchild, siblings, parents and friends. Time waits for no one!
Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, is in charge of arrangements.