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[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]Alan Lee Aust, 74, of Asheville, NC, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2025. He was born in Buncombe County to the late James \u201cJake\u201d Curtis Aust, Sr. and Ellen Case Aust. He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Kyler\u00a0Aust.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his wife, Susan Blevins Aust; two sons, Alan Aust, Jr. and wife, Debbie, and their three daughters, Mila, Harper and Ivy, and Nick Aust and his son, Brayden; and a brother, Curt Aust and wife,\u00a0Deidre.<\/p>\n
Al loved Mickey Mantle and the NY Yankees. A lover of sports, he coached his sons, Alan and Nick, in baseball and basketball. He refereed and umpired for 34 years. He would let his players know, \u201cYou might not have the best Coach but you got the best looking Coach!\u201d He loved PTI and ESPN. He adored his grandchildren and loved the beach and beach music. He loved an supported his wife, Susan, at church directing music and loved to hear her sing his favorite song, \u201cMidnight Cry.\u201d He was a hero, role model and never met a stranger. Alan worked as a Sales Manager for\u00a0Budweiser.<\/p>\n
Alan enjoyed spending time with his friends and having a cold drink. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and\u00a0brother.
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Alan L. AustAlan Lee Aust, 74, of Asheville, NC, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2025. He was born in Buncombe County to the late James \u201cJake\u201d Curtis Aust, Sr. and Ellen Case Aust. He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Kyler\u00a0Aust. He is survived by his wife, Susan Blevins Aust; two sons, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3396,"featured_media":10223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
Alan Lee Aust, 74, of Asheville, NC, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2025. He was born in Buncombe County to the late James \u201cJake\u201d Curtis Aust, Sr. and Ellen Case Aust. He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Kyler\u00a0Aust.<\/p>
He is survived by his wife, Susan Blevins Aust; two sons, Alan Aust, Jr. and wife, Debbie, and their three daughters, Mila, Harper and Ivy, and Nick Aust and his son, Brayden; and a brother, Curt Aust and wife,\u00a0Deidre.<\/p>
Al loved Mickey Mantle and the NY Yankees. A lover of sports, he coached his sons, Alan and Nick, in baseball and basketball. He refereed and umpired for 34 years. He would let his players know, \u201cYou might not have the best Coach but you got the best looking Coach!\u201d He loved PTI and ESPN. He adored his grandchildren and loved the beach and beach music. He loved an supported his wife, Susan, at church directing music and loved to hear her sing his favorite song, \u201cMidnight Cry.\u201d He was a hero, role model and never met a stranger. Alan worked as a Sales Manager for\u00a0Budweiser.<\/p>
Alan enjoyed spending time with his friends and having a cold drink. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and\u00a0brother.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[148,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-148","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11393,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11390\/revisions\/11393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}