Lacy Lorraine Osburn, 52, of Lowell, passed away Friday, October 28, 2022 in Springdale. She was born February 25, 1970 in Cox Medical Center in Springfield, MO to Raymond E. and Sherry A. Martin.
Lacy grew up mainly in Johnson County on Walker Rd Woods Mountain. She was a tomboy that roamed the mountains with her brothers and she loved animals.
She went to school at Lamar from kindergarten to about the middle of her junior year when she had to move to Fayetteville. Lacy had a lot of friends there. She graduated high school at Greenland where she met her husband Philip. They married June 18, 1988. Together they had two boys.
Lacy worked at various jobs before she went to work for the VA Hospital in Fayetteville. She held several positions before going to the comp and pension department. She was always for the veterans and loved helping them. Lacy also volunteered with the Daniel’s Unit in the Arkansas National Guard as a member of the 142nd Brigade HHB Family Readiness Group. She served three years on the committee. She enjoyed helping out with the families during the deployment and after as well.
Lacy loved to fish, camp, hike, travel, playing games and being with family and friends. She really loved enjoyed being a mom and grandmother.
She was preceded in death by all of her grandparents; her father, Ray; Ken (Papa), the one who raised her; her brother, Kenny; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Lacy is survived by her ex-husband, Philip; two sons, Keylan L. and Dalton E.; two grandsons, Joseph L. (Joey) and Hunter E. that she adopted and was raising; her mother, Sherry Hill; two brothers, Nick and wife Lorie of Lowell and Daniel and wife Tracie of Little Rock; one sister, Lorenda and Jimmie Finchum of Pottsboro, TX; and a lot nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews; aunts, uncles and cousins; also a sister of the heart, Amy Chesser; and a lot of friends.
There will be a potluck memorial luncheon for Lacy at 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at the student center at Fellowship Bible Church of NWA, 1051 W. Pleasant Grove Rd, Rogers, AR. Bring a dish (or not) and come celebrate Lacy’s life with us.
Lacy, I am so happy that we got to meet. I will look after your best friend Amy. You are now a Angel watching over her💕 You will be missed. Prayers to all her family and friends. Ann Jurkovic
Hi, My name is Aya and I was Lacy´s penfriend. If someone who is Lacy´s friends/relatives see this messages, please show this to Lacy´s husband Phillip, her two sons Keylan and Dalton.
Let me introduce my self. About 35 years ago, my dad went to USA from Japan to work at a factory in Fayetteville and met Lacy´s mother, Sherry. My dad hurt his arm at the factory and Sherry came and helped him, and they became friends and my dad met Lacy. We got Lacy´s address and we started to write each other several times. At that time we didn’t have E mail so we wrote letter by hands and sent by Air Mail. My dad was invited to Lacy´s wedding, but he couldn’t attend since he had to go to Canada as long as I remember.
We have gotten pictures of Lacy´s wedding and I saw Philip on the pictures. Lacy sent me some wonderful family photo with two sons and Philip. I remember that Lacy had cats. When Kobe (the city I lived) struck by a big earth queake, Lacy´s mother Sherry gave an international phone call to Japan to check if we are ok. (it was me who picked the phone). It was very kind of her.
I moved to Sweden for 21 years ago and anyhow I had Lacy´s yahoo mail. (I have your old home adress in my notebook and brought from it from Japan with me) I don’t know/remember if I Lacy knew that I moved to Sweden, anyway I haven’t heard each other since then as long as I remember. Sometimes I thought of Lacy and her family. I really regret about not writing to her. This morning I just googled your name and then I found this home page. I was hoping that this is not my penpal Lacy, but it seems that your husnbad´s name, son´s name and your mother´s name match with my Lacy. I am very sad that Lacy has passed away in her young age. I have sent Email to let my dad Yoshi know about Lacy. He wrote me back that he remembers Lacy and Sherry and he got chocked and cried said he. We would like to offer our deepest sympathy to Lacy´s family and My the soul of Lacy rest in peace.
This is Phillip Lacy’s ex husband and I remember meeting your father when Lacy and my marriage was in the early stages!! We were married for 33 years and a few months! Your Condolences are appreciated by the family and she’s truly loved and missed by everyone who knew her!! Thanks again for your kind words!!
Thank you very much for your reply, Phillip! I have sent email to let my dad knows about your reply. I am going to visit Japan this summer together with my husband and my son. My parents are getting older and older, not feeling well. I hope everything will go well with you and your family. Take care!