Frances Osment Layman Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Frances Osment Layman of Sweetwater, Tennessee, who passed away on April 16, 2026, at the age of 94, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Frances Osment Layman to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, William Edward and Nellie Mae Osment; her daughter Deborah Maxine Hickman; her former husband Max Scott Layman; her husband James Ray Layman; her brother Ralph Ledford Osment, Sr. (Bea); her nephews, Ralph Ledford Osment, Jr. (Patricia Osment) and John Mikle Osment; and her stepdaughter-in-law Sandy Layman.
She is survived by: her great-nephew John Sydney Osment (Sheri); her nieces, Krista Osment, Nicole Osment Blackburn (Adam), Sydney, Molly and Makray Blackburn; her stepchildren, Richard Layman, Charles Layman (Leona), Thomas Layman (Beth) and Jane Ellison (Brett); her son-in-law Alan Hickman; and her close friends, Leonard, Newell Grimes, David, Scarlet Mashburn, Jackie Johnson, Carla Francis, Marsha Johnson and Judy Williams.
