Obituary of Shirley Osborne

Shirley Carole Osborne, 69, of Old US 421, Sugar Grove, went to be with Jesus on Tuesday December 20, 2016, at home. Born April 17, 1947 in Boone, NC, she was a daughter of the late Narvie and late Cecile Rominger. Shirley attended Willowdale Baptist Church since returning to Boone in 2012, and was a long-time member of Grace World Outreach Church in Brooksville, FL, where she was a Sunday School teacher and Co-leader of the widows group Naomis Place for many years. She attended Appalachian State University where she studied Business Administration, and was the Co-owner and Vice President of John Osborne Surveying, Inc. in Brooksville, FL before retiring in 2009. Shirley is survived by her children, Scott Osborne and wife, Tina, of Spring Hill, FL, Tammy Sanner and husband, Rod, of Palm Coast, FL; five granddaughters, Heather Swansinger, Ashley Morley and husband,, Alex, Kirsty Osborne, Jessica Sanner and Brittany Sanner; four great-grandchildren; her brothers and sisters, Frank Guy of Sugar Grove, Peggy Rominger of Vilas, Evelyn Greene and husband, Bob, of Boone, Harold Rominger of Midland, Kenneth Rominger and wife, Barbara, of Charlotte, Ricky Rominger of Sugar Grove, Patricia Ward and husband, James, of Mocksville, and Deborah Rominger of Granite Falls; her brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, Richard Osborne and wife, Liz, of Orange City, FL, Lori Gilbert and husband, Bill, of Old Town, FL, and Janie Hunter, of Lakeland, FL; her aunts Billy Rae Lawrence of Mount Orab, OH, and Kathryn Stephens of Old Town, FL; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband John, her brother Johnny Rominger, her sister-in-law Shirley Guy, her brothers-in-law Steven Freddie Osborne and Charles Sonny Osborne, Jr., and her nephews Joseph Rominger and Kelly Osborne. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 23, at Willowdale Baptist Church in Vilas, NC, with visitation beginning at noon, and services beginning at 1pm. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.