Ralph R. "Ozzie" Osborne

Ralph Osborne, 65, of Orangefield, passed away on April 17, 2014 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont.

Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 22, at Bridge Point Fellowship, 1355 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City, TX 77611 Officiating will be Pastor Lance Faulkner. Burial will follow at R.S. Farmer Memorial Cemetery, located on the corner of Hwy. 327 and 3rd Street in Silsbee, TX 77656. Serving as pallbearers will be Gene Fury, Randy Martin, Fred Minton, Jesse Mitchell, Hoyt Myers, Kurt Guidry, Sonny Smith, and Kenneth Sirmons.

Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Monday at Claybar Funeral Home, 504 5th Street, Orange TX, 77630.

Born in Port Neches, Texas, on April 25, 1948, Ralph was the son of Fred Regis Osborne and Dixie Charlene Branch. He was a United States Air Force veteran, who proudly served in Vietnam. Ralph was a Peace Officer, and retired from the Hardin and Orange County Sheriff’s Offices. He was currently a Peace Officer for Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Ralph was a member of Bridge Point Fellowship, in Bridge City, as well as a Shriner and member of the Masonic Lodge. He was very fond of music, and worked as a D.J. for many years. Ralph deeply loved his grandchildren, and his family was very important to him.

He was preceded in death by his father, Fred Osborne; mother, Dixie Charlene Mason, and Step-father, Charles A. Mason. Ralph is survived by his wife, Norma Osborne; son, Ralph Osborne II and wife, Shanna; daughters, Stacie Osborne, Shan Myers and husband, Hoyt, Kelli Houghton and husband, Daniel II; grandchildren, Lauren, Leah, Isabella, Georgia, Payton, Alec, Cory, Treasure, and Mason; great-grandchildren, Bentley, and Emmit; brother, Larry and wife Rosalind Osborne; sisters, Molly Osborne, and Freida and husband Jimmy DeLaney; and brother, Doyle and wife Angela Osborne.