J. C. Osborne

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ELIZABETHTON - J.C. Osborne, age 78, of Elizabethton, TN passed away Sunday, April 21, 2019 at his residence.

He was the son of the late Hobart Osborne and Fannie Wilson Osborne. J.C. retired as a mechanic from General Motors. He is a member of Poplar Grove Baptist Church. J.C. loved to spend time with his family and his dog, Angus. He enjoyed watching the car races on television and playing Bingo.

In addition to her parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Betty Sue Osborne; a daughter, Jackie Cable; two brothers, Kenneth Osborne and Bill Osborne and two sisters, Dean Barnett and Delores Cooper. Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of thirty-nine years, Marie Asher Osborne, of the home; a son, Ronnie Osborne, Elizabethton; two daughters, JoAnn Cook, Elizabethton and Darlene Hammond, Cincinnati, OH; two step-children, Greg Morris, of the home and Gina Rutherford, Elizabethton; fourteen grandchildren, Tony, Ashley, Michelle, Jessica, Caleb, Crystal, Dallas, Angela, Jeremy, Michael, Amanda, Nicholas and Christopher; three step-grandchildren, Timmy, Nikki and Casey; twenty-three great-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren; a brother, Ricky Osborne, Johnson City and three sisters, Linda Campbell, Johnson City; Shirley Jo Street, Cincinnati, OH and Maude Proffitt, Johnson City. Several nieces and nephews and special friends, Bill and Pauline Flowers, Paul and Margaret Frye, Wilton Fields, Glen Fields and friends at the Johnson City Housing Authority also survive.

A service to honor the life of J.C. Osborne will be conducted at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, April 27, 2019 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with Rev. Roy Yelton and Rev. Eldon Cook officiating. Interment will follow the service in the Garland Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons, Christopher, Nicholas, Caleb, Dallas, Jeremy and Bryson. Honorary pallbearers will be Timmy Rutherford, Jerry Hammond, Ricky, Tony, Kenneth Loveless, Steve Stenstream and Dave Holtsclaw.

Hobert married Fannie L. Wilson on 28 0CT 1929 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Fannie (daughter of Jessie E. Wilson and Josie H. Justice) was born on 2 Sep 1913 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died in May 1985 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Lillie Bell Hicks on 18 May 1902 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee. Lillie (daughter of John Calvin Hicks and Rachel Alvira Walsh) was born on 10 May 1880; died on 27 Dec 1926 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Stophel Cemetery, , Sullivan County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jessie married Josie H. Justice on 21 Apr 1912 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Josie was born about 1895 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Eliza J. (Osborne) about 1878 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee. Eliza was born in Dec 1862 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John C. Hicks was born in Mountain City Tenn., January 23, 1852, where he resided until 1914 when he came to Oregon where he lived until the time of his death, May 10, 1921.

In 1876 he was married to Miss Rachel Alvira Walsh. To this union were born ten children, seven of whom are now living. They are William T. Hicks of Glade Springs, Va., Mrs. Lillie Osborn of Big Creek, Tenn., Mrs. Tiny Danner of Neva, Tenn., Charles Hicks of Dante, Va., Mrs. Bessie Myers of Fossil, and Andrew Hicks of Arlington, Oregon.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Horace Kaye of the Fossil M. E. church, Wednesday, and interment was in the Masonic cemetery.

CARD OF THANKS - Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hicks desire to thank the many kind friends who assisted them during the recent illness and death of their beloved father, John C. Hicks.
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John Calvin Hicks died of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever contracted from ticks on his sheep at his camp near Service Creek, OR. He walked nearly 20 miles to Bessie and Arts ranch, near Fossil, where he died.

(Source: Story told to my Dad by Bessie Myers.)

John married Rachel Alvira Walsh about 1876 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Rachel was born about 1858 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]