He was a precious baby delivered to his parents in a Christmas stocking, the first of three sons.
He passed away September 9, 2024 in Belton, Missouri. He attended school from kindergarten through graduation in the Raymore-Peculiar district. When young, he played club baseball, football, and soccer, and attended church at Willow Creek Friends in Kansas City and Peculiar United Methodist Church. In high school he participated in wrestling and was a Missouri state qualifier. He loved girls, travel, nature, and skateboarding. Austin played various instruments and was a natural athlete.
He is survived by his father Garrett Damron and partner April Haskett, mother Gingette Simpson, her brother Joel Beck, brothers Dylan and Ethan Damron; and grandparents Gary & Barbara (Smith) Damron. He was preceded in death by grandparents William Simpson and Virginia Kay (Ginger) Beck; great-grandparents Charles & Della (Johnson) Damron; James W & Betty (Scobee) Smith; William Simpson and Jean Pringle McDougall; and Joseph Preston Beck & Donna Virginia Cole. He has many uncles and aunts, and he was one of a close-knit group of cousins: Taylor, Alexandra, Brenton, Nathan and wife Lily, Hannah, Wes, Lily, Brianne, Hope, Cooper, Liz, Joshua, Annie, Juel, Jakye, Mariella, and Zayden. Austin loved learning about and working in construction. He had fun, no matter what he did.
Visitation is scheduled Sunday, September 22, 2024, at Cullen Funeral Home (612 W Foxwood Rd, Raymore, MO) from noon to 2pm. The service will be held at 2pm, with burial afterward at Wills Cemetery (21825 S Thorngrove Rd, Peculiar, MO). Officiating will be Pastor Glenda Dethloff. Serving as pallbearers are Brenton, Cooper, Hannah, Nathan, and Wes Damron, Joel Beck, Alexander Resendiz, and Charley Hosterman.
Memorial donations may be given to the Healing House of Kansas City online at https://www.healinghousekc.org/
Arrangements: Cullen Funeral Home, Raymore, Missouri 816.322.5278
