Funeral On Jan 18 For Man Killed In Crash

ROSWELL, GA — Friends and family will bid farewell to the Roswell man who died early Saturday in a single-vehicle crash on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs. The funeral service for Kevin Gerard Austin II, 23, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 at St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church in Roswell. Austin's family will accept visitors from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17 at Northside Chapel Funeral Directors & Crematory.

Sandy Springs officers were dispatched around 3 a.m. Jan. 13 in the area of 5395 Roswell Road, which is located just north of its intersection with Glenridge Drive. Cops arrived on the scene to find a red Porsche 911 overturned and off to the side of the road, Sandy Springs police spokesperson Sgt. Sam Worsham previously told Patch.

A preliminary investigation indicates the sports car left the road after "failing to negotiate a curve," Worsham added. The driver, identified as Austin, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash while the sole passenger was transported to North Fulton Hospital for treatment.

According to his obituary, Austin graduated in 2013 from Roswell High School where he played on the school's football team. He began his college career at Auburn University and played football on the school's 2013 team that participated in the final BCS National Championship.

He transferred to Mesa Community College in Arizona where he earned All-Conference honors on the football team and an associate's degree in the classroom. After Mesa, he signed a full athletic scholarship to join the Louisville Cardinals football team where he became only the second football player in the University of Louisville's history to be accepted into their prestigious J.B. Speed School of Engineering. He was majoring in computer science and engineering at the university at the time of his death.

"Kevin was a passionate young man that loved life and all that it offered," his obituary adds. "He was the most loyal of friends and he had many."

Among his hobbies were football, enjoying a good steak, car racing, scuba diving and traveling. Austin is survived by parents, Kevin and Diane Austin of Roswell; sister, Alyssa Austin of Roswell; grandparents, John and Lucille Nuber of Cumming and Genell Austin of Nederland, Texas; aunts, Susan Weber of Cumming and Christy Babino of Nederland, Texas; and uncles, John Nuber of Olathe, Kansas and Raymond Nuber of Rancho Palos Verde, California. He's also survived by several cousins.

"Spending time with Kevin would be unforgettable," his obit notes. "He could make you laugh when you were mad or sad. He had a beautiful smile that you could never get enough of. Kevin was smart and had a future full of potential. He will be forever young, strong, and handsome. Kevin will be missed by so many, but left us with wonderful memories."

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Independence Fund (a veterans organization), American Pitbull Foundation, Best Friends Sanctuary or Trees To Seas.

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