Jeanette M. Austin, 87,of Sarasota, FL, passed away on September 7, 2024.

Jeanette M. Austin was born on July 13, 1937, to the late Leroy Alvin Harris and Mamie Lampkin in Tampa Florida. After Jeanette Austin graduated from Booker High School, she went on to study nursing at Sarasota Vocational Technical Center earning her License Practical Nurse (LPN) degree and her Registered Nurse (RN) degree in 1978.

After earning her LPN and RN degree, she worked at Sarasota Memorial Hospital for over 30 years.

In 1958, Jeanette Lampkin married Billie W. McClendon Sr., deceased and had four children: Corlis McClendon, Maria (Mamie) Gibbons, Billie McClendon Jr., and Jeffery McClendon.

Jeanette was preceded in death by her father, mother, brothers: Luther Winn, Melvin Lampkin Jr., Ervin Hodges, and Robert Lampkin, Franklin Harris, Fulton Harris, Cleghorn Harris, Thomas Walter Harris and sisters: Frances Brown, Elizebeth (Liz) Eddison, Thelma Jones, Hazel D Lee, Mabel H. Jackson, and Jobeth H. Granville.

She is survived by two daughters Corlis McClendon of Ruskin, FL, and Maria (Mamie) Gibbons of Chantilly VA,; sons, Billie McClendon of Lakewood, CA and Jeffery McClendon of Sarasota, FL; two granddaughters, Taqueina Waters of Brooklyn, NY and Shanna McClendon (Dan) of Woodbridge, VA; one sister, Dorothy Mae Lee of Sarasota, FL, and a host of Nieces, Nephews, and Cousins.

Jeanette loved the Lord, her family, her church and Church family. Her favorite verses of the Bible was "But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint" Isaiah 40:31 and "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. " John 3: 16.

Visitation will be held from 6:00pm-8:00pm on Fri., Sep. 20, 2024 at Greater Hurst Chapel AME Church. Services will be held 11:00am on Sat., Sep. 21, 2024 at Greater Hurst Chapel AME Church. Burial will be held at Palms Memorial Park. Funeral arrangements by Jones Funeral Home.