"Mom was first in a lot of things — first woman mayor of Austin, first woman comptroller, but first of all she was a mom and a grandma," said McClellan, an Austin lawyer. "Always the most important things were her sons — my brothers — and her grandkids.

Carole Keeton, the first woman elected mayor in Austin and the first woman to be Texas comptroller, died this week. She was 85. Her son, Brad McClellan, told the Austin American-Statesman, she died around noon Wednesday.

Trailblazing former Austin Mayor and Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton died Wednesday at her home in Tarrytown, her family confirmed. She was 85.