Etta Osburn

Etta Louise (Harris) Osburn was born on January 20, 1933, at home in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma to Isaac Morrisfield Harris and Carrie Louise (Morse) Harris. She was the youngest of 10 children. She lived in the country and walked to a one room school house for the first 13 years of her life. She was the valedictorian of her 8th grade class at Pharaoh School. Her high school years were completed at Okmulgee High School.

After graduation, she was a telephone operator until marriage. She met her husband on a blind date, arranged by his and her best friends. They were married three months later on March 31, 1954. They relocated to Camp Chafee in Arkansas where she was a homemaker and Jim was in the military. After the military, they moved to Tulsa where they raised three children. She was a stay at home mom but was very involved in her children's lives and school. Her home was the hub of the neighborhood. Every kid felt welcomed and loved. She was a homeroom mother, PTA President and a Teacher's Aide at Roosevelt Junior High School.

In 1972, Louise and Jim bought Hominy Auto Supply located in Jim's hometown, Hominy, OK. They loved helping customers and having them stay for a chat after their purchase. They owned the store for 33 years. When they retired she was 71. She always talked about missing her customers the most after retirement.

Louise loved writing, beading, reading, puzzles, brain teasers, games of all kinds, joke telling, going out to eat, especially breakfast. She was very musical and loved to visit with anyone. She never met a stranger. She loved unconditionally no matter the circumstances, particularly when it came to her family, and they all knew it.

She is survived by a son, Butch Osburn and his wife Kay, of Hominy, OK, two daughters, Karen Hough and her husband Alan of Wynona, OK, Norma Tilley and her husband Steve of Hominy, OK. Seven grandchildren, Chris Glasgow, Heather Voss, Miranda Tuller, Gregory Hough, Rachyl Hicks, Court Tilley and Jennifer Cline, 24 great-grandchildren, two sisters, Eula Brown and Norma Ballenger both of Okmulgee, OK. She was preceded in death by her husband Jim, her parents, four brothers, three sisters and one grandson.

Memorial Service for Louise will be 10:00 AM Saturday, January 20, 2024, at the Hominy Nazarene Church. Arrangements made by Powell Funeral Service, Hominy, Oklahoma.