Stephen Austin Gatlin

DALLAS — Stephen Austin Gatlin was born April 29, 1958 in Stuart, Florida. He passed away on September 3, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. In his youth, Stephen moved with his family to numerous towns including Tulsa, Oklahoma, Alma, Arkansas, and Longview, Texas, where he graduated Longview High School in 1976 as the beloved “King of the Red Dirt Lot.” He left Longview for Austin and the University of Texas where he made a great many friends who still remember his irrepressible wit and charm to this day. After college, he opened a bike shop in Tyler, Texas with his brother Duke, a brief, adventuresome beginning to a long career in business.

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