CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Arthur Franklin Osborne, 8 Oct 2004
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Arthur Franklin Osborne, Sr., 72, Cherokee Mountain Road, 
Jonesborough, died Friday, October 8, 2004 at his residence.
Mr. Osborne was a Russell County, Va. native and had lived most of his 
life in Washington County.

He was a son of the late George Washington Osborne and Clemie Tine Casey 
Osborne and was also preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Virginia 
Osborne and a favorite son-in-law, J.R. Shell.
Mr. Osborne was retired from Harris Tarkett.
He was a Baptist.

Mr. Osborne is survived by three sons, Arthur Franklin Osborne, Jr., 
Jonesborough; Danny Wayne Osborne, Hampton and Dennis Allen Osborne, 
Jonesborough; one daughter, Mary Carolyn Osborne Shell, Roan Mtn.; one 
brother, Claude Osborne, Jonesborough; three sisters, Clara Mae Hamm, 
Jonesborough; Betty Ann Williamson and Frances Lyons both of Johnson 
City; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and several nieces 
and nephews.

A funeral service for Mr. Osborne will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, 
October 11, 2004 from the Morris-Baker Funeral Home South Chapel. 
Pastor Dexter Brummitt and Danny Osborne, ministers, will officiate. 
Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 12, 2004 
at Roselawn Memory Gardens. Family and friends are asked to assemble 
at the funeral home at 12:30 p.m. and travel in procession to the 
cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Johnathan Simerly, Dennis Hicks, 
Jeff Osborne, Greg Osborne, Greg Riddle, Wayne Lyons and Tony Stewart. 
Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Osborne, Derek Osborne, Cecil 
Davenport, Robert Davenport, Hobart Stanley and Michael Reedy. The 
family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral 
home and at other times at the home of a son, 1106 Heritage Lane East, 
Jonesborough. Online condolences may be made via www.morrisbaker.com. 
In lieu of flowers, for those who wish, the family requests memorial 
contributions be made to the American Diabetes Association, TN 
Affiliate, Inc., 4205 Hillsboro Rd., Suite 200, Nashville, TN 37215; 
the American Heart Association, Washington County Unit, First American 
Center, 208 Sunset Dr., Suite 595A, Johnson City, TN 37604 or the 
American Cancer Society, 508 Princeton Rd., Johnson City, TN 37601. 
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 2001 Oakland Ave., 
Johnson City, TN 37601 (423-282-1521) is serving the family.

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