Well known Oberon community figure Artie Ryan will be recognised officially after Oberon Council voted to name a section of road after him.

The issue was brought before Oberon Council at their monthly meeting two weeks ago, after a submission was received by members of Artie's family.

The submission requested that a section of road which runs north-west off Dreves Road near Hazelgrove be named Ryan's Ridge Road, however Council staff recommended that the name be changed to Artie's Road, based on the fact that a Ryan's Lane already existed within the Oberon Council Local Government Area.

The land surrounding the road had been in the Ryan family for around 150 years until his tragic death in a motor vehicle accident near Black Springs in February 2003.

Mr Ryan was born in December of 1955, after which he grew up on the family farm "Allanbeck" with his siblings Bruce, Barry, Des, Susan and Veronica.

After the death of their father Allan, Artie took on much of the work on the farm while still attending school at St Josephs, until he was given permission to leave school at the age of 13 in order to run the property.

Having worked on nearly every possible aspect of farming, Artie became a successful stock dealer, and regularly agisted cattle around NSW and occasionally in Victoria.

He used to refer to his widespread herds of cattle, joking that he had the largest paddock in Australia.

Artie married his wife Tracey in 1980, and together became the proud parents of Joel, Chloe and Kate.

Artie was remembered after his tragic death as a sensational bush cook, and essentially a great bloke.

News of his death reverberated around the region in 2003, and made headlines even in Sydney's Daily Telegraph.

Over 1000 people attended his funeral in 2003 at St Ignatius' Church in Oberon, before he was buried at the Hazelgrove cemetery, close to his lifelong home.

In dedicating the road to Artie Ryan, all members of Council had no hesitation in approving the naming, and in turn ensuring that a local legend will be remembered for many years to come.