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Osborn, Retus W., III, M.D.      30 Jun 2000    Jul 2000    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  6/30/2000

OSBORN, RETUS W., III, M.D.
A recently retired physician and a resident of Alexandria and Jackson, he
went to serve his heavenly Father on Tuesday, June 27, 2000, at 4:50 p.m.
He died at Lane Memorial Hospital, Zachary. He was born Aug. 11, 1926, in
Roseland. He graduated from LSU Medical School in 1948. He served as
captain in the U.S. Air Force in medical aviation during the Korean
conflict from 1950 to 1952. He began general practice in Amite in 1949, and
from 1952 to 1957. He served as superintendent of the Farmington State
Hospital, Farmington, Mo., from 1963 to 1972, and chief of staff at the
Veterans Administration Chillicothe Hospital in Ohio from 1972 to 1975. In
1975 he came home to Louisiana, where he served as psychiatric program 
administrator at East Louisiana State Hospital and then as clinical
psychiatrist from 1975 until he retired in 1988. He served as clinical
psychiatric consultant at the North Central Alabama Mental Health Center
from 1988 to 1989, at which time he came to serve at the Veterans
Administration Medical Center in Alexandria until September 1999 as
clinical psychiatrist. He is survived by his wife, Virginia Schaubhut
Osborn, Jackson; four sons, Retus Osborn, Herndon, Va., Stephen Osborn, San
Antonio, Texas, Lyman Osborn, Roseland, and Phillip Osborn, Mobile, Ala.;
two stepsons, Marlin McGehee, Ethel, and Michael E. McGehee, Beaumont, 
Texas; a daughter, Holly Osborn Maurterer, Baton Rouge; a brother, A.B.
Osborn, Elizabeth; and nine grandchildren. Preceded in death by his
parents, Retus W. Osborn Jr. and Leontine Osborn, who were from Roseland;
and a nephew, David Osborn, who was from Elizabeth. Visiting was at Charlet
Funeral Home Inc., Zachary, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. Visiting at the
funeral home from 8:30 a.m. until services at 10 a.m. Friday. He was a life
fellow with the American Psychiatric Association, LSU medical and band
alumni, member of Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association, Rapides Parish
Medical Society, Cenla Psychiatric Society, former member of Baton Rouge
Psychiatric Society and East Feliciana Medical Society. In Alexandria, he
was a life member of VFW Post 1736, and a member of the Moose Lodge and
Calvary Baptist Church. Family would like to extend a special appreciation
to Dr. W.D. Goodin and Dr. John Sams. Pallbearers will be Jesse Donze,
James Odom, Michael McGehee, Perry Morton, Stephen Osborn, Phillip Osborn
and Leonard Wilson. Honorary pallbearers are Worth Wilkinson, M.D., W.D.
Goodin, M.D., John Sams, M.D., and the medical staff physicians at Veterans 
Administration Medical Center in Alexandria and Cenla Psychiatric
Association. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a mental
health association.

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