Biography of Guy N. Osment, St Francis County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Paul V Isbell Date: 19 Nov 2008 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** As manager of the Forrest City District of the Reliable Life Insurance Co. of St. Louis, Guy N. Osment has established an outstanding record of service, loyalty, and leadership. He has been manager here since 1945, and with the firm since 1932. He was born at Harrisburg, Ark., the son of the late Rev. N. B. and Ellen (Estes) Osment. He was graduated from the Jonesboro High School and then attended the Arkansas State College, Woodland College and Normal. On June 12, 1915, he married Miss Gladys I. Phillips, daughterof Mrs. ida M. Phillips and the late Anderson Phillips of Jonesboro, and to that union has been born five children. They have ten grandchildren, and Mr. Osment's two uncles were killed killed while serving in the Confederate Army, Jeff Estes at Gettysburg and Kieve Estes at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. Mr. Osment is a past president of the Forrest City and Jonesboro Underwriter's Association, and a member of the Baptist Church, Masonic Lodge, Knights Templar, Royal Arch, Odd Fellows, and is a Shriner. SOURCE: HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher -Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas