- Gerald is married to Sandra. They have two children, Christopher Lyon (1967) and Anne Elizabeth (1971), and two grandchildren, Daniel William Augustus (1999), and Molly Elizabeth Moriak (1999).
- In the year 2000 Jerry said, " I am retired after 30 years with Lenoir City Schools in 1995, the last 14 years as elementary principal. I hope to have a book I have written on Louden County in the war 1861-1865 out this fall."
- 2014 internet search found that goodreads.com has "The Loudon County area of east Tennessee in the War, 1861-1865" by Gerald Augustus, Turner Publishing Company