Obituaries 21 January 2013

Osborne Eugene Gaines

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Osborne Eugene Gaines, 85, of Hillsboro, the community of Marshall, passed away Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at his home.

He was born April 17, 1927, in Aberdeen, the son of the late Elmer and Mary (Hedges) Gaines.

He was the youngest of nine children, including siblings Lorena, Ralph, Floyd, Herschel, Esther, Minnie, Olive and Harold, who all preceded him in death.

He graduated from Georgetown High School in 1945 and joined the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) on Jan. 3, 1946, and retired from the United States Air Force on Feb. 1, 1966 as a master sergeant.

After working 18 months at the Kennedy Space Center as an electronic technician and one year for the Air Force as a radar technician, he joined the Federal Aviation Administration as an electronic technician, retiring as radar unit supervisor in May 1982 at the Dayton International Airport. After living in Fairborn for over 30 years, he moved to Hillsboro in September 1990 where he continued to live until his death.

He is survived by three children, Jack Gaines and his wife, Debbie, of Indian Land, S.C., Anthony Gaines and his wife, April, of Arlington, Texas and Vadna Hull and her husband, Gary, of Round Rock, Texas; two daughters-in-law, Vickie Gaines of Hillsboro (community of Marshall), and Patricia Gaines of Enon; 13 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents and siblings, he was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Phyllis Ruth (Fiscus) Gaines, on Jan. 8, 1996; two sons, Robert Herschel Gaines in September 1998 and Lee Wayne Gaines in April 2012; and a granddaughter, Shannon Gaines.

Services will be noon Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the Turner & Son Funeral Home in Hillsboro. The Highland County Honor Guard will present military honors immediately following the service at the funeral home. Burial will then follow in the Byron Cemetery in Fairborn. Visitation will be from 10 a.m.-noon on Wednesday.

Memorials may be made to Parkinson’s Awareness, 260 Stetson Street, Suite 2300, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0525.

For more information, go to www.turnerfuneralhomes.cc.

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