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Submitted: 8/18/21 • Approved: 9/2/21 • Last Updated: 9/5/21 • R448173-G0-S3
Texas
PRIVATE US Army
Company L 167th Infantry
World War II
November 5, 1898 - March 8, 1973
*Photo courtesy of Gayland Darnell
*Obituary Palestine Herald-Press March 1973
Funeral service for Lester Maurice Osborn, 74, of Route 1, Tennessee Colony, Texas who died Thursday in a local hospital, will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Hassell & Foster Chapel with the Rev. Don Page officiating. Burial will be in the Tennessee Colony Cemetery with members of Lodge NO. 198 AF & AM serving as pallbearers and having charge of graveside services.
Mr. Osborn was born in Joba on November 5, 1898 to Butler Osborn and Jane Burns Osborn. A retired game warden, he had been employed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for 15 years. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army from December 26, 1916 to March 23, 1917 and rendered overseas service in France. A Baptist, he had resided in Tennessee Colony for 15 years.
Survivors include his widow, Gladys May Myers Osborn of Tennessee Colony; sons, Otis Osborn of Houston, and Maurice Osborn of Dallas; daughter, Mrs. Opal Holloman of Gladewater; brother, Jess Osborn of Brownwood; sister, Mrs. Grace Guess of San Angelo; and four grandchildren.
Contributed on 8/18/21 by MryAl8
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