Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, November 19, 1993 TAG: 9311190420
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: INDEPENDENCE LENGTH: Short
OBIT OSBORNE, TROY WOODROW
OSBORNE, Troy Woodrow, 81, of Independence, passed away Thursday, November
18, 1993 at Twin County Community Hospital, Galax, Va. He was born May 31,
1912 in Independence, Va., to Preston and Ruth Osborne. He was a retired
employee of Grayson County Dept. of Highways, with thirty-nine years of
service, serving many years as Superintendent. He was a member of Bridle Creek
United Methodist Church and Piney Creek Masonic Lodge, A.F. & A.M., Piney
Creek, N.C. Surviving are his wife, Carolyn Halsey Osborne, of the home;
daughter and son-in-law, Carol Lynne and Charles Shotton, Suffolk; son and
daughter-in-law, James and Anne Bailey Osborne, Roanoke; granddaughter and
grandson-in-law, Cindy and Mark Garner, Suffolk; grandson and
granddaughter-in-law, Charles and Linda Shotton, Houston, Texas; sister, Ethel
Ruth Carson, Galax; two brothers, Mastin F. Osborne, Preston Osborne Jr., both
of Independence. Funeral service will be conducted Saturday, November 20,
1993, at 2 p.m. in Bridle Creek United Methodist Church. Interment will be in
Bridle Creek Cemetery. The body will remain at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home,
where the family will receive friends Friday night from 7 to 8 p.m. In lieu of
flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to Independence
Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 607, Independence, Va. 24348. Arrangements by
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, Va.
by CNB