Mrs. Rosa Lee Smith Osborne departed this earthly life on Monday, January 8, 2018 at Kershaw Health Hospital in Camden, South Carolina. Rosa Lee was born, August 12, 1929, to the late Arthur and Mary Harris Smith. She received her religious training at Rafting Creek Baptist Church and her education at Rafting Creek School. Rosa Lee was married to the late Coolie Osborne and to this union, four children were born. She worked and retired from Rockwell International in Pontiac, South Carolina. She was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Smith; daughter, Louise Osborne Hicks; two brothers, Alexander Smith and Charlie Smith; sister, Ruby Mae Hopkins and granddaughter, Sarah Alexander. Those left to cherish her fond memories are her daughters, Barbara (Randy) Mack of Brooklyn, New York and Ernestine (Abraham) Nixon of Rembert, South Carolina; a half-sister, Magnolia Graham of Baltimore, Maryland; half-brother, John Smith of Chadbourn, North Carolina; sister-in-law, Juanita Osborne Edwards of Rembert, South Carolina; brother-in-law, CSM (Retired) Teddie Roosevelt Osborne of Columbia, South Carolina; eleven grandchildren; twenty great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. In Appreciation
The family of the late Rosa Lee (Snoe) Smith Osborne gratefully acknowledges the many acts of kindness and other expressions of sympathy extended to them during their bereavement. May God continue to richly bless each of you.