Mae Osborne

Published 9:22 am Thursday, March 19, 2015

Mae Osborne died Tuesday, March 17, 2015, in Vicksburg. She was 91.

She was born Sept. 25, 1923, to Lonzie B. Wright and Lessie Bell Dooley Wright in Philadelphia, she lived in Laurel for many years and in Vicksburg for the past 10 years. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church of Vicksburg.

She was preceded in death her sisters, Janie Height and Ann Newcomb; and brothers, Clyde Wright, Rogers Wright, Ernest Wright, and Joe Wright.

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She is survived by sisters, Marjorie E. Blackwell of Ovett and Mildred Sumrall of Vicksburg; and nieces and nephews.

Graveside services were 11 a.m. today, March 19, 2015, at Mount Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery in Ovett.