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Ilar W. Osborne Sr. - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal, January 17, 1980

Funeral services for Ilar W. Osborne Sr. of Tallulah were in the First Baptist Church of Tallulah with 
the Crawford Williams officiating. Burial was in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Tallulah under the 
direction of Crothers Funeral Home.


Mr. Osborne died late Thursday at his home after an apparent heart attack. He was 64. 

Mr. Osborne was a native of Xxxx County, Tennessee and a Tallulah resident for the past 43 years. He was 
the founder and vice-president of Osborne Ford-Lincoln-Mercury of Tallulah, and a co-owner of Osborne 
Mobile Home. He was a member and deacon of the First Baptist Church of Tallulah and a member of the 
Rotary Club.

Mr. Osborne was a director of the Tallulah State Bank and Trust Co., a member of the Masonic Lodge, a Shriner 
and a member of the Executive Board of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, and an avid sportsman.

Survivors include his wife Mrs. Claudine Osborne of Tallulah; Ilar Osborne Jr. and John Osborne, both 
of Tallulah; three daughters, Mrs. Sylvia Gustafson and Ruthie Osborne, Tallulah, and Mrs. Melanie Meeks 
of Monroe La.; his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Osborne of Tallulah; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Alexander and Mrs. 
Jeanette Sharpe, both of Tallulah; and six grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Merle Gustafson, Steve Gustafson, Todd Kennedy, Paul Meeks, Jeff Thomas and Clayton Cox.

Honorary pallbearers were employees of Osborne Ford.

The family requests that any memorials be made to the churches of Madison Parish.