Obituary of Sallie ODUM, Williamson & Franklin County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Susan Merrell ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Obituary clipping found among my grandmother and great grandmothers belongings. Obit of Sallie Odum Dated 6 May 1946. Newspaper unknown Mrs. Sallie Odum Died at Country Home Early Today Mrs. Sallie Odum, 64, widow of W.A. Odum, died at 10:45 o'clock this morning at her country home, two miles southwest of Thompsonville. She was a member of Union Free Will Baptist Church. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Logan Boyer, West Frankfort; Mrs. Guy Moore and Mrs. Otto Gettings, Thompsonville; a son Walter Odum, Thompsonville; a sister Dollie Hickey of Marion; a brother Oliver Atwood of Marion and four grandchildren. The body is lying in state at her home. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. (**NOTE** at bottom of clipping, written in ink are the words "buried 8"...probably meaning Buried May 8)