Central Kentucky News, June 13, 1974
Osborne Sets Fire To Home, Kills Self
A forty-nine year old Campbellsville man poured gasoline in his own home, set fire to it and then went into a bedroom and killed himself with a 30-06 rifle Wednesday morning on Eggers Street in South Campbellsville. Dead is Lennie Osborne of 101 Eggers Street. He was found in a rear bedroom by Campbellsville firemen as they fought a fire in the one-story bedford stone house. Osborne was dead at the scene as members of the Campbellsville Fire Department and Taylor County Professional Ambulance Service removed his body from the house. A coroner's jury later found that Osborne had first and second degree burns on his body from the thighs down to his angles and second and third degree burns on both feet. He had been involved in a divorce action with his wife, Vicki Margaret Osborne, and had been ordered away from the home on Eggers Street by a Circuit Court order Tuesday night. Mrs. Osborne was to have moved into the home on Wednesday and when she arrived Wednesday morning, she found the late Osborne's car in a rear carport. She left and went to a neighbor's home where she called her attorney. A short time later an explosion occurred in the home and the Fire Department was called. While firemen was enroute, a second call was received that "My husband is on fire." Upon arrival at the scene, firemen knocked down a wall of fire and entered the home. Fireman Bob Buckner found Osborne in the rear bedroom with the door shut. No fire had reached the room. Only two rooms in the house appeared to be set, another back bedroom and the living room. Heavy some and water damage was evident in the hallways and dining area but the main concentration of fire seemed to be in the two rooms. One theory ventured at the scene later that day was that Osborne had saturated his wife's clothing and belongings as well as the living room area and was waiting for her return to set the fire. All doors in the home were locked and some even gadget-locked to prevent escape. Growing impatient for her return, Osborne struck a match or some other fire emitting instrument and the mixture of gas fumes and air in the locked home caused an explosion, igniting the gas in the home. Osborne apparently was knocked down by the blast and this caused him to burn his legs and feet. He rushed to his bedroom, closed the door, picked up the loaded 30-06 rifle and shot himself through the chest. The blast ripped off a storm window in the rear bedroom where Mrs. Osborne's clothing and belongings were stored and sprayed glass some 25 feet from the home. Windows in the kitchen door were also blown out and next to a wall in the garage some ten feet away. Because of several wires that were found in the home and the rumor that Osborne enjoyed rigging "booby traps" a bomb squad was called down from Fort Knox late Wednesday afternoon to go over the house. No traps were found but a purse containing several types of blasting caps was found and removed. State Police Detective Bill Lloyd of Columbia was called to the scene to investigate. He cited no apparent reason to suspect any foul play and believed the case to be a suicide. Lennie Osborne, 49, died at his residence, 101 Eggers Street, Campbellsville, June 5, 1974. Mr. Osborne was born in Tennessee on Nov. 22, 1924, the son of J. W. and Mae Osborne. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the South Campbellsville Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Vicki Margaret Osborne; his mother, Mrs. Mae Durham; his grandmother, Mrs. Victoria Osborne; one daughter, Miss Lisa Osborne; four brothers, Howard Osborne of Bainbridge, Ohio, Harland Osborne of Huntburg, Ohio, Bill Osborne and Chaney Osborne of Campbellsville; four sisters, Mrs. Lisa Pisting of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Mrs. Ruth Redford of Burton, Ohio, Mrs. Ethel Edelen of Campbellsville and Mrs. Betty Lemons of Louisville; one step-brother and six step-sisters, Mr. Charles Durham of Campbellsville, Mrs. Elnoria Light of Louisville, Mrs. LaVerne Hartfield of Cambridge, Ohio, Mrs. Mildred Peters, Mrs. Patsey Glidewell and Mrs. Barbara Cox, all of Campbellsville, and Mrs. Betty Keene of Gainesville, Fla. Funeral services were held at the Lyon Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday, June 7, with the Rev. J. D. Campbell officiating, assisted by the Rev. James Fox. Interment followed in the Harden Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Russell, Glen Walker, Jack Davis, Kermit Greer, David Baumgardner, and James Dickens.
Kentucky Death Records Index, rootsweb
OSBORNE, LENNIE; age 49; death place TAYLOR; residence TAYLOR; death date 05 Jun 1974; Volume 036, Certificate 17960
Osborne Sets Fire To Home, Kills Self
A forty-nine year old Campbellsville man poured gasoline in his own home, set fire to it and then went into a bedroom and killed himself with a 30-06 rifle Wednesday morning on Eggers Street in South Campbellsville. Dead is Lennie Osborne of 101 Eggers Street. He was found in a rear bedroom by Campbellsville firemen as they fought a fire in the one-story bedford stone house. Osborne was dead at the scene as members of the Campbellsville Fire Department and Taylor County Professional Ambulance Service removed his body from the house. A coroner's jury later found that Osborne had first and second degree burns on his body from the thighs down to his angles and second and third degree burns on both feet. He had been involved in a divorce action with his wife, Vicki Margaret Osborne, and had been ordered away from the home on Eggers Street by a Circuit Court order Tuesday night. Mrs. Osborne was to have moved into the home on Wednesday and when she arrived Wednesday morning, she found the late Osborne's car in a rear carport. She left and went to a neighbor's home where she called her attorney. A short time later an explosion occurred in the home and the Fire Department was called. While firemen was enroute, a second call was received that "My husband is on fire." Upon arrival at the scene, firemen knocked down a wall of fire and entered the home. Fireman Bob Buckner found Osborne in the rear bedroom with the door shut. No fire had reached the room. Only two rooms in the house appeared to be set, another back bedroom and the living room. Heavy some and water damage was evident in the hallways and dining area but the main concentration of fire seemed to be in the two rooms. One theory ventured at the scene later that day was that Osborne had saturated his wife's clothing and belongings as well as the living room area and was waiting for her return to set the fire. All doors in the home were locked and some even gadget-locked to prevent escape. Growing impatient for her return, Osborne struck a match or some other fire emitting instrument and the mixture of gas fumes and air in the locked home caused an explosion, igniting the gas in the home. Osborne apparently was knocked down by the blast and this caused him to burn his legs and feet. He rushed to his bedroom, closed the door, picked up the loaded 30-06 rifle and shot himself through the chest. The blast ripped off a storm window in the rear bedroom where Mrs. Osborne's clothing and belongings were stored and sprayed glass some 25 feet from the home. Windows in the kitchen door were also blown out and next to a wall in the garage some ten feet away. Because of several wires that were found in the home and the rumor that Osborne enjoyed rigging "booby traps" a bomb squad was called down from Fort Knox late Wednesday afternoon to go over the house. No traps were found but a purse containing several types of blasting caps was found and removed. State Police Detective Bill Lloyd of Columbia was called to the scene to investigate. He cited no apparent reason to suspect any foul play and believed the case to be a suicide. Lennie Osborne, 49, died at his residence, 101 Eggers Street, Campbellsville, June 5, 1974. Mr. Osborne was born in Tennessee on Nov. 22, 1924, the son of J. W. and Mae Osborne. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the South Campbellsville Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Vicki Margaret Osborne; his mother, Mrs. Mae Durham; his grandmother, Mrs. Victoria Osborne; one daughter, Miss Lisa Osborne; four brothers, Howard Osborne of Bainbridge, Ohio, Harland Osborne of Huntburg, Ohio, Bill Osborne and Chaney Osborne of Campbellsville; four sisters, Mrs. Lisa Pisting of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Mrs. Ruth Redford of Burton, Ohio, Mrs. Ethel Edelen of Campbellsville and Mrs. Betty Lemons of Louisville; one step-brother and six step-sisters, Mr. Charles Durham of Campbellsville, Mrs. Elnoria Light of Louisville, Mrs. LaVerne Hartfield of Cambridge, Ohio, Mrs. Mildred Peters, Mrs. Patsey Glidewell and Mrs. Barbara Cox, all of Campbellsville, and Mrs. Betty Keene of Gainesville, Fla. Funeral services were held at the Lyon Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday, June 7, with the Rev. J. D. Campbell officiating, assisted by the Rev. James Fox. Interment followed in the Harden Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Russell, Glen Walker, Jack Davis, Kermit Greer, David Baumgardner, and James Dickens.
Kentucky Death Records Index, rootsweb
OSBORNE, LENNIE; age 49; death place TAYLOR; residence TAYLOR; death date 05 Jun 1974; Volume 036, Certificate 17960
Central Kentucky News, June 13, 1974
Osborne Sets Fire To Home, Kills Self
A forty-nine year old Campbellsville man poured gasoline in his own home, set fire to it and then went into a bedroom and killed himself with a 30-06 rifle Wednesday morning on Eggers Street in South Campbellsville. Dead is Lennie Osborne of 101 Eggers Street. He was found in a rear bedroom by Campbellsville firemen as they fought a fire in the one-story bedford stone house. Osborne was dead at the scene as members of the Campbellsville Fire Department and Taylor County Professional Ambulance Service removed his body from the house. A coroner's jury later found that Osborne had first and second degree burns on his body from the thighs down to his angles and second and third degree burns on both feet. He had been involved in a divorce action with his wife, Vicki Margaret Osborne, and had been ordered away from the home on Eggers Street by a Circuit Court order Tuesday night. Mrs. Osborne was to have moved into the home on Wednesday and when she arrived Wednesday morning, she found the late Osborne's car in a rear carport. She left and went to a neighbor's home where she called her attorney. A short time later an explosion occurred in the home and the Fire Department was called. While firemen was enroute, a second call was received that "My husband is on fire." Upon arrival at the scene, firemen knocked down a wall of fire and entered the home. Fireman Bob Buckner found Osborne in the rear bedroom with the door shut. No fire had reached the room. Only two rooms in the house appeared to be set, another back bedroom and the living room. Heavy some and water damage was evident in the hallways and dining area but the main concentration of fire seemed to be in the two rooms. One theory ventured at the scene later that day was that Osborne had saturated his wife's clothing and belongings as well as the living room area and was waiting for her return to set the fire. All doors in the home were locked and some even gadget-locked to prevent escape. Growing impatient for her return, Osborne struck a match or some other fire emitting instrument and the mixture of gas fumes and air in the locked home caused an explosion, igniting the gas in the home. Osborne apparently was knocked down by the blast and this caused him to burn his legs and feet. He rushed to his bedroom, closed the door, picked up the loaded 30-06 rifle and shot himself through the chest. The blast ripped off a storm window in the rear bedroom where Mrs. Osborne's clothing and belongings were stored and sprayed glass some 25 feet from the home. Windows in the kitchen door were also blown out and next to a wall in the garage some ten feet away. Because of several wires that were found in the home and the rumor that Osborne enjoyed rigging "booby traps" a bomb squad was called down from Fort Knox late Wednesday afternoon to go over the house. No traps were found but a purse containing several types of blasting caps was found and removed. State Police Detective Bill Lloyd of Columbia was called to the scene to investigate. He cited no apparent reason to suspect any foul play and believed the case to be a suicide. Lennie Osborne, 49, died at his residence, 101 Eggers Street, Campbellsville, June 5, 1974. Mr. Osborne was born in Tennessee on Nov. 22, 1924, the son of J. W. and Mae Osborne. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the South Campbellsville Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Vicki Margaret Osborne; his mother, Mrs. Mae Durham; his grandmother, Mrs. Victoria Osborne; one daughter, Miss Lisa Osborne; four brothers, Howard Osborne of Bainbridge, Ohio, Harland Osborne of Huntburg, Ohio, Bill Osborne and Chaney Osborne of Campbellsville; four sisters, Mrs. Lisa Pisting of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Mrs. Ruth Redford of Burton, Ohio, Mrs. Ethel Edelen of Campbellsville and Mrs. Betty Lemons of Louisville; one step-brother and six step-sisters, Mr. Charles Durham of Campbellsville, Mrs. Elnoria Light of Louisville, Mrs. LaVerne Hartfield of Cambridge, Ohio, Mrs. Mildred Peters, Mrs. Patsey Glidewell and Mrs. Barbara Cox, all of Campbellsville, and Mrs. Betty Keene of Gainesville, Fla. Funeral services were held at the Lyon Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday, June 7, with the Rev. J. D. Campbell officiating, assisted by the Rev. James Fox. Interment followed in the Harden Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Russell, Glen Walker, Jack Davis, Kermit Greer, David Baumgardner, and James Dickens.
Kentucky Death Records Index, rootsweb
OSBORNE, LENNIE; age 49; death place TAYLOR; residence TAYLOR; death date 05 Jun 1974; Volume 036, Certificate 17960
Osborne Sets Fire To Home, Kills Self
A forty-nine year old Campbellsville man poured gasoline in his own home, set fire to it and then went into a bedroom and killed himself with a 30-06 rifle Wednesday morning on Eggers Street in South Campbellsville. Dead is Lennie Osborne of 101 Eggers Street. He was found in a rear bedroom by Campbellsville firemen as they fought a fire in the one-story bedford stone house. Osborne was dead at the scene as members of the Campbellsville Fire Department and Taylor County Professional Ambulance Service removed his body from the house. A coroner's jury later found that Osborne had first and second degree burns on his body from the thighs down to his angles and second and third degree burns on both feet. He had been involved in a divorce action with his wife, Vicki Margaret Osborne, and had been ordered away from the home on Eggers Street by a Circuit Court order Tuesday night. Mrs. Osborne was to have moved into the home on Wednesday and when she arrived Wednesday morning, she found the late Osborne's car in a rear carport. She left and went to a neighbor's home where she called her attorney. A short time later an explosion occurred in the home and the Fire Department was called. While firemen was enroute, a second call was received that "My husband is on fire." Upon arrival at the scene, firemen knocked down a wall of fire and entered the home. Fireman Bob Buckner found Osborne in the rear bedroom with the door shut. No fire had reached the room. Only two rooms in the house appeared to be set, another back bedroom and the living room. Heavy some and water damage was evident in the hallways and dining area but the main concentration of fire seemed to be in the two rooms. One theory ventured at the scene later that day was that Osborne had saturated his wife's clothing and belongings as well as the living room area and was waiting for her return to set the fire. All doors in the home were locked and some even gadget-locked to prevent escape. Growing impatient for her return, Osborne struck a match or some other fire emitting instrument and the mixture of gas fumes and air in the locked home caused an explosion, igniting the gas in the home. Osborne apparently was knocked down by the blast and this caused him to burn his legs and feet. He rushed to his bedroom, closed the door, picked up the loaded 30-06 rifle and shot himself through the chest. The blast ripped off a storm window in the rear bedroom where Mrs. Osborne's clothing and belongings were stored and sprayed glass some 25 feet from the home. Windows in the kitchen door were also blown out and next to a wall in the garage some ten feet away. Because of several wires that were found in the home and the rumor that Osborne enjoyed rigging "booby traps" a bomb squad was called down from Fort Knox late Wednesday afternoon to go over the house. No traps were found but a purse containing several types of blasting caps was found and removed. State Police Detective Bill Lloyd of Columbia was called to the scene to investigate. He cited no apparent reason to suspect any foul play and believed the case to be a suicide. Lennie Osborne, 49, died at his residence, 101 Eggers Street, Campbellsville, June 5, 1974. Mr. Osborne was born in Tennessee on Nov. 22, 1924, the son of J. W. and Mae Osborne. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the South Campbellsville Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Vicki Margaret Osborne; his mother, Mrs. Mae Durham; his grandmother, Mrs. Victoria Osborne; one daughter, Miss Lisa Osborne; four brothers, Howard Osborne of Bainbridge, Ohio, Harland Osborne of Huntburg, Ohio, Bill Osborne and Chaney Osborne of Campbellsville; four sisters, Mrs. Lisa Pisting of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Mrs. Ruth Redford of Burton, Ohio, Mrs. Ethel Edelen of Campbellsville and Mrs. Betty Lemons of Louisville; one step-brother and six step-sisters, Mr. Charles Durham of Campbellsville, Mrs. Elnoria Light of Louisville, Mrs. LaVerne Hartfield of Cambridge, Ohio, Mrs. Mildred Peters, Mrs. Patsey Glidewell and Mrs. Barbara Cox, all of Campbellsville, and Mrs. Betty Keene of Gainesville, Fla. Funeral services were held at the Lyon Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday, June 7, with the Rev. J. D. Campbell officiating, assisted by the Rev. James Fox. Interment followed in the Harden Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Russell, Glen Walker, Jack Davis, Kermit Greer, David Baumgardner, and James Dickens.
Kentucky Death Records Index, rootsweb
OSBORNE, LENNIE; age 49; death place TAYLOR; residence TAYLOR; death date 05 Jun 1974; Volume 036, Certificate 17960
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