Obituaries: William Pitney Odom, 1929, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 25, 1929 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services Held Sunday For W. P. Odom

Confederate Veteran Is Laid To Rest In Winnfield Cemetery; Lived Here 30 Years

Funeral services for William Pitney Odom, 85 years old, Confederate Veteran,
who died in Shreveport Saturday were held at the Winnfield Cemetery Sunday
morning.  The Rev. A. H. Cullen of the Baptist Church officiated.

Mr. Odom lived in Winnfield thirty years.  He was born and reared at
Farmerville.  He spent most of his life in Louisiana, and at the time of his
death was residing in Shreveport. Mr. Odom served with the Confederate army
throughout the war.  He enlisted in the Twentieth Louisiana Volunteers and was
later transferred to the Thirty-sixth Louisiana Regiment.

Surviving him are his wife and three children, J. P. Odom, Alexandria, Mrs.
Hattie Jones, of Shreveport, and Mrs. Irene Milican of Fort Worth, Texas.

Mr. and Mrs. Odom were married sixty-five years ago.  Mr. Odom was well known
in Winnfield where he has many friends who are grieved over his death.