Obituary of William Martin 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 William Martin Odum Date written in ink as Sept 8. No year given. Newspaper unknown William Martin Odum Dies; Funeral Friday. William Martin Odum, 74, of Cambria, Died in the Herrin hospital yesterday afternoon. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Odum and was born Oct 9, 1869 in Williamson county. He had been a resident of Cambria 40 years. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock at Storme Funeral home. the Rev. L.P. Harris of Duquoin will officiate. Burial will take place at Lake Creek cemetery southeast of Johnston City. He is survived by three children. Mrs. Lela Patrick of Pontiac; Bert Odum of San Fransisco,Clif., and Ben Odum of DeSoto, and one brother, Jesse Odum of Fornfelt, Mo. His wife died in 1943.