Obituaries

Services for Martha Osborne will be held Friday, September 26 at 2:00 PM at the First United Methodist Church in Sherman, Texas. She passed away Sunday, September 21, 2014 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital-WNJ. The Rev .Cassie Wade of the First United Methodist Church will officiate the funeral services. Burial will follow at Cedarlawn Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Dannel Funeral Home. Mrs. Osborne was born on March 29, 1923 in Mesquite, Texas. She was a daughter of James Edward Short and Mary Frances Short. She graduated from Mesquite High School in 1940. On May 30, 1943, Martha married Roy C. Osborne in the First United Methodist Church of Ardmore, Oklahoma. They moved to Sherman in 1947. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Osborne owned and operated the Osborne Air Conditioning Co. from 1953 until 1974. Mrs. Osborne was a member of the Woodlawn Ladies Golf Association and the First United Methodist Church where she faithfully attended until declining health prevented her attendance. Mrs. Osborne was preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother, James Herrington Short, sisters; Mary Smith, Josie Siratt, and Virginia Coker. Mrs. Osborne is survived by her son of Whitesboro, Roy C. Osborne, Jr.; sister, Hester Weeks of Round Rock, TX; nephews: Ron Coker of Pantego, Texas, Ed Smith of Garland, TX, and Craig Weeks of Round Rock, TX; nieces: Cynthia Elbe of Lawrenceville, GA. and Sara Frerichs of Idaho Falls, ID. She is also survived by former daughter-in-law Donna Chapman and neighbors Linda and Lee Salinas. Pallbearers will be: Tommy Ayers, Ron Coker, Ed Smith, Richard Spicer, Craig Weeks, and Eddie Young. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 636, Sherman, TX 75091.