James Henry Odom (1923 - 2003)

Born 26 Apr 1923 in Matherville, Wayne, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Nov 2003 at age 80 in Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States

James Odom is buried in Mount Pisgah Memorial Cemetery.

Biography

James Henry Odom was born on Apr 26, 1923 in Matherville, Wayne, Mississippi, USA as the first child of Emanuel Lawrence Odom and Nora Vennie Carney. ^[1]

He had nine siblings, namely: Buddy Ross, Ruby Lee, Edward, Cecil Ray, Roxie, Ruth, Tommy, Larry Gerald, and Paul Leon. He had two half-siblings.

He died on Nov 03, 2003 in Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA (Regency Health Care; Age at Death: 80). ^[2]

James Henry Odom lived in Beat 3, Wayne, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son).

He lived in Wayne, Mississippi in 1935. He lived in Beat 3, Wayne, Mississippi, USA in 1940 (StreetAddress: Waynesboro Road; Age: 16; Occupation: Farm Laborer; AttendedSchool: No; ClassofWorker: Unpaid family worker; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 77-9; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 5th grade; HoursWorked: 60; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; Industry: Farm; IsEmployed: Yes; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 50; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Grandson). Race: (White)

He served in the US Army as a Private. ^{[3] [4]}

He was buried in Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi, USA (Mount Pisgah Memorial Cemetery). ^[5]

James Henry Odom and Rosie Louise Lewis had the following children:

1. Henry Manuel Odom was born on Jun 16, 1949. He died on Jun 19, 2013 in Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA (Rush Hospital; Age at Death: 64). He married Dorothy Jane Odom on Jan 04, 1986 (date on headstone).
2. Catherine Odom. Married to a Leggett.

Obituary

James Henry Odom

Services for James Henry Odom were held November 5, 2003, at Stonewall Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial in the Mt. Pisgah Church. Rev. Terry Steppe officiated.

Mr. Odom, 80, of Stonewall, died November 3, 2003, at Regency Health Care in Meridian.

He was born April 26, 1923, to Lawrence and Vennie Odom in Wayne County. He was retired from Burlington Industries.

Survivors include his wife, Rosie Odom, Stonewall; a son, Henry Odom, Stonewall; daughter, Catherine Leggett, Williamston, N.C., three brothers, Tommy Odom and Larry Odom, both of Florida; Buddy Odom, Matherville; a sister, Ruth Mann, Forest; eight grandchildren and eight great - grandchildren.

Published by The Clarke County Tribune, 06 Nov 2003, Thu, Page 4

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Ancestry.com, Record for James Henry Odom. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=45280488&indiv=try. Name: James Henry Odom [James H Odom] Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 23 Apr 1923 Birth Place: Matherville, Mississippi Death Date: 3 Nov 2003 Father: Emaual L Odom Mother: Vennie Carney SSN: xxx Notes: Dec 1945: Name listed as JAMES HENRY ODOM; 07 Nov 2003: Name listed as JAMES H ODOM
2. ↑ Obituary for James Henry Odom Clipped from The Clarke County Tribune, 06 Nov 2003, Thu, Page 4
3. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMK9-LTH : 5 December 2014), James H Odom, enlisted 29 Apr 1944, Cp Shelby, Mississippi, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
4. ↑ National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), www.ancestry.com. Name: James Henry Odom Service Info.: PVT US ARMY Birth Date: 26 Apr 1923 Death Date: 3 Nov 2003 Cemetery: Mt Pisquah Cem Cemetery Address: Quitman, MS 39355
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGY-2TTS : 13 December 2015), James Henry Odom, 2003; Burial, Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi, United States of America, Mount Pisgah Memorial Cemetery; citing record ID 130133526, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130133526.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5MP-BPB : 20 May 2014), James H Odom, 03 Nov 2003; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKKT-G7MV : accessed 18 September 2018), James Odom in entry for Roxie V Harrington, Florida, United States, 25 Feb 1999; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing St. Petersburg Times, born-digital text.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB3V-1J2 : 14 March 2018), James Odom in household of Emanuel Odom, Beat 3, Wayne, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 77-9, sheet 2B, line 57, family 31, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2077.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MR-38D : accessed 17 September 2018), James Odom in household of Lawrence Odom, Beat 3, Wayne, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 6B, line 76, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1171; FHL microfilm 2,340,906.