He is survived by his wife, Ruby Gayheart Osborne. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 2, at noon, at Little Ettie Old Regular Baptist Church, with Carson Wright, Monroe Jones, James Tackett, Alan D. Osborne, Jason Lowery, Roger Hicks and Rufford Howell officiating. He was a disabled coal miner. He is survived by his wife, Lucille Adkins Howell. Funeral sevices will be conducted Thursday, August 3, at 11 a.m., at the Upper Toler Church of Christ, at Harold, with Tommy Bush officiating.
Visitation is at the church.
Burial will be in the Ballard and Raney Hunt Cemetery, Toler Creek, Harold, under the direction of Nelson-Frazier Funeral Home, Martin. Serving as pallbearers will be Brian Howell, Michael Howell, Jason Salisbury, Phillip Akers, William Howell, Ricky Justice, Billy Justice, Chris Justice and Lee Roy Ross. Honorary pallbearers are Elva McKinney, Tommy Justice, Kenis Tackett, Matthew Stevens, Ronald Salisbury and Tommy Kingsley. She was a member of the Regular Primitive Baptist Church. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, August 1, at 11 a.m., at the Hall Funeral Home Chapel, at Martin, with the Old Regular Baptist ministers officiating.