Malcom Ray Osborne

A memorial service is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 4, 2020, at the First Baptist Church in Blossom. Cremation was under the care and direction of Bright-Holland Funeral Home.

Malcom, the son of Dewey Osborne and Louise Watkins Osborne, was born Sept. 5, 1952, in Paris.

He graduated from Paris High School, and at the age of 18 he began working the Campbell Soup Company. In 2000, he transferred to Silgan when Campbell Soup sold the can plant. He retired after a total of 45 years of service.

During the 70’s he was a member of the United States National Guard for five years.

Malcom was a member of First Baptist Church in Blossom. He was quiet a talker and never met a stranger. An avid outdoorsman, he kept more than six acres mowed and enjoyed working in his shop.

He was preceded in death by his father, Dewey Osborne, and by an uncle, Sammy Watkins, whom he thought of as a father.

Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Beth Pickering Osborne, his mother, Louise Osborne of Paris, two sons, Shannon Osborne & wife Amie of Pleasanton and Brad Osborne & wife Heather of Blossom, grandchildren, Drew, Collin, Trenton “Trent”, Christian, Trinity and Ava Osborne, one sister, Linda Whitney & husband Marc and two nieces, Amanda & Emily along with a host of friends.