Obituary of Wilda Osburn

Funeral services for Wilda Juanita Osburn, 73, Big Sandy, will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 18, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel, Overton, with Reverend Atwell Hankins officiating. Burial will be in Kilgore Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Osburn died Wednesday, June 16, 2010 in a Tyler hospital. She was born January 10, 1937 in Leverett's Chapel to the late James Dewitt and Willie James Hare Hedgecock. She moved to Big Sandy 22 years ago from Longview and where she worked as a secretary in the Gregg County District Attorneys office for 13 years and was a member of the Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by a brother, Bobby Hedgecock. Survivors include her husband, W. J. 'Dub' Osburn, Jr, Big Sandy; a daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and Tom Schiesser, Austin; two stepsons and daughters-in-law, Eugene and Jean Osburn, San Antonio and Marion and Vicky Osburn, Overton; two step daughters and a son-in-law, Lanell Boatright, Tyler, and Deloris and Ben McMullen, Lindale; a sister, Twila and Roger Loving, Longview; sixteen grandchildren, numerous grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. Until 10:00 a.m Friday, June 18, at the funeral home.