Obit of Gist, Odessa Mae  - Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Shelly Lynch  <leeshlynch@gmail.com>   17 Dec 2006
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::Mount Zion Cemetery--Haskell OK

Odessa Mae Gist (June 28, 1916 - October 6, 2006)

A baby arrived in the lives of Otha and Bessie Cowans in Porter, Oklahoma 
on June 28, 1916. She was named Odessa Mae. Odessa grew up in the Marshall 
Oak Grove community and accepted Christ into her life at Shiloh Baptist 
Church in Red Bird, Oklahoma. Later, she united with the Mount Zion 
Baptist Church in Haskell, Oklahoma, where she was the "Mother" of the 
church. She served the Lord faithfully in the Mission Department until her 
declining health. Her favorite hymns were "Do Lord" and "This Little Light 
of Mine." When we hear these hymns, it will bring back the remembrance of 
this special mother, whose love was unconditional. A special woman whose 
love has touched many relatives and friends. On October 6, 2006, in her 
90th season, Odessa Mae Gist was called home to be with the Lord. She was 
preceded in death by her husband, Will Gist; five brothers and one sister. 
She leaves behind to mourn her passing; a sister, Vester Collins, Tulsa, 
Oklahoma; a brother, Charles Cowans, Denver, Colorado; a daughter, Barbara 
Jean Straughter, South Dospalos, California; two nieces, Justine Barnes, 
Tullahassee and Marcella Gist, Red Bird, Oklahoma; a grandson, Wayne Gist, 
Haskell, Oklahoma; a great-granddaughter, Brianna Gist, Haskell, Oklahoma; 
along with a caravan of other relatives and friends.

The final tribute will be on Friday, October 13, 2006 at 1:00 P.M. in the 
Eastside First Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Mount Zion Cemetery 
in Haskell.

You may visit Mrs. Gist, as she slumbers at the funeral home in Muskogee 
on Thursday from 12 Noon until 6 PM.
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