An 11th-grade student at East Baton Rouge Acceleration Academy, he died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. He was 17, a resident and native of Baton Rouge. Visiting at World Shakers Church International on Saturday, Oct. 9, from 9 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m. Interment in Roselawn Memorial Park. Survived by his parents, Jennifer Augustus and Reginald Ridgley; godparents, Felton and Rhonda Billoups; sister, Paris Augustus; two nephews, Brandon and Braylen Browder; maternal grandparents, Barbara Augustus and Roger Joseph; maternal great-grandmother, Olevia Augustus; paternal grandmother, Joseph and Barbara Washington; two aunts, Yolanda and husband John Augustus, and Terriah and husband Maurice Richardson; and a host of uncles. He was preceded in death by an aunt, Demitra Lashun 'Berry' Augustus; great-great-aunts, Lillian Augustus and Vera Augustus; a cousin, Joshena Hawkins; and great-uncle, Ellis Augustus. Pallbearers will be Marvin Augustus Jr., Willie Smith Jr., Leroy Goings, James Terrell, Leman Ridgley, Shedrick Ridgley, Johnathan Brue, Melvin Hawkins and Dekyre Jackson. Honorary pallbearers are Gerald Augustus, Marvin Augustus Sr., Taurus Augustus, John Brue, Christopher Ridgley, Lenardrick Ridgley, Darren Scott, D'Orsay Scott, Earl Smith and Greg O'Connor. Special thanks to EMS, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Winnfield Funeral Home, World Shakers Church International, Chief Jeff LeDuff and the Baton Rouge Police Department, Barber, D'Orsay Scott, and all those who assisted our family in our time of need To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Darius Augustus, please visit our floral store.