Obituary of ODELL CALLOWAY, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  

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Date: January 12, 2000

Headline:  Area Deaths

Odell Calloway, 74, of Jena, died Tuesday, January 4, 2000, at LaSalle 
General Hospital of Jena.

He was a retired deputy sheriff, being the first black Deputy Sheriff to ever 
serve in LaSalle Parish.  He was a member of the Baptist faith.

Services were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 9, at L&A Baptist Church in Good 
Pine with Dr. Dave Mays officiating.

Interment followed in Webster Cemetery of Good Pine under arrangements by 
Gayden Funeral Home of Jena.

Survivors include his wife, Lula Calloway of Jena; seven daughters, Carolyn 
D. Satcher of Alamogordo, N.M.; Odella Powell of Kansas City, Mo.; Deloris 
Brown of Carlsbad, N.M.; Mildred Henderson of Carlsbad, N.M.; Katherine 
Phillips of Riverdale, Ga.; Stephanie Lewis of Pineville; and Valerie 
Calloway of Alexandria; three sons, Steven Ogletree of Leesville, Stanley 
Ogletree of Jena, and Tommy Carr of Syracuse, N.Y.; one brother, Ben M. 
Calloway of Shreveport; one sister, Arrie Lee Calloway of Berkley, Ca.; 22 
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.