Obituary: MARY OSBORNE SEAY

Mary Lee Osborne Seay, 66, of Essex Maryland passed away on Monday, July 1, 2024, at Franklin Square Hospital in Maryland.

A memorial service will be held on Monday, July 8, 2024, at 5pm at Boone and Cooke Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends from 4 until 5pm prior to the service at the funeral home and other times at the residence of her daughter, Sissy Dalton, 165 Tangle Brook Trail, Eden.

Mary was born in Appalachia, Virginia on September 29,1957 to Shasta Osborne and Helena Osborne, both deceased. She worked in customer service all her working career. She loved her children and grandchildren. She loved gardening and working in her flower gardens. She enjoyed hiking and cooking. The ones closest to her said “she loved coffee and a good sense of humor”.

Mary is survived by her daughters, Mary Lively of Martinsville, VA., Margaret Ann “Sissy” Dalton and husband, Billy of Eden and Christina Jensen and husband, Jon of New Cumberland, PA; her brothers, Roger Osborne and Calvin Osborne; her grandchildren, Particia Terrell, Buddy Terrell, Faith Upchurch, Tyler Lively, Steven Evans, Michael Jensen, Holly Jensen and Cameron Dalton and her great grandchildren, Mason, Olivia, Jett, Jayce, Gavin and Paisley.

In addition to her parents, Mary was predeceased by her 3 brothers.

As it says in Matthew 17:20, Jesus says “Truly, I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing is impossible for you.” The mustard seed can serve as a reminder of the power of faith, and that even a small amount of faith can be a source of strength and inspiration. She showed strength for so long and no matter what she was going through, she kept going for as long as she could. I know she would hope that everyone has faith, even if it is the size of a mustard seed, to live their life to the fullest. Make those necessary changes, take the spontaneous trip, or just pick up the phone and talk to someone you haven’t spoken to in a while. Life is too short. Until we meet again, “I love you to pieces.”

###