Ty Osman

Brentwood Tennessee resident Ty Osman, a respected leader in the construction industry, drowned while fishing on the Duck River in Hickman County over the weekend. Osman was a co-founder of Solomon Builders, based in Nashville. The company built the Ramsey Solutions offices in Franklin and the American International Group offices near Brentwood and is perhaps best know for its construction of various animal exhibits at Nashville Zoo. Osman was vice chairman of Both Hands, a nonprofit that aids widows, orphans and Christian families who are adopting and a board member of Jovenes en Camino, which runs a nine-acre campus in Honduras for boys who are orphans, homeless or rescued from abusive situations. In 2012, Osman’s son, also named Ty, died at age 18 after he was hit by a car on Interstate 30 northeast of Dallas. After their son’s death, the Osmans, along with Solomon Builders, formed the Ty2 Foundation.