Obituaries:  Edgar A. Odom, Sr., Sabine Parish       O-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 1, 1985
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Edgar A. Odom, Sr.

  Services for Mr. Edgar A. Odom, Sr., 81, of Bossier City, were
held at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 27, at the Plain Dealing Baptist
Church in Plain Dealing, La. The Rev. Merlin C. Liverman of
Barksdale Baptist Church, officiated, assisted by Dr. Don Doughty
of Plain Dealing Baptist Church. Burial was at Plain Dealing
Cemetery, under the direction of Rose-Neath's Bossier City
Chapel.

  Mr. Odom died Thursday, July 25, 1985, in Bossier City, after a
long illness. He was born in Plain Dealing, and had been a
resident of Bossier Parish, La. all of his life. Mr. Odom was a
retired federal civil service employee at Barksdale Air Force
Base.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth T. Odom of Bossier City;
one son, Mr. Edgar "Buck" Odom of Zwolle, La.; one daughter, Mrs.
Joan E. May of Miami, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Tessie Pittman, and
Mrs. Minnie Hardaway of Plain Dealing; one brother, Mr. Bernard
Odom of Bethany, La.; nine grandchildren; and eleven great
grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were deacons of Barksdale Baptist Church.