Obituary of Elizabeth Morris Odom

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Morris Odom, 88, of Bastrop, LA are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Ingram and Dr. L.H. McCollough officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, (Ruston, LA), under the direction of Golden Funeral Home. Mrs. Odom, a retired teacher from the Morehouse Parish School System, longtime member and choir member of First Baptist Church passed away, July 30, 2007 at Morehouse General Hospital. She recieved her BS, MA and Library Science Certification from Louisiana Tech University. Mrs. Odom taught 11 years at Westside Elementary, 3 years as Librarian at Bastrop Junior Highschool and 6 years as Librarian at Bastrop Highschool. She was past president of her teachers sorority (Kappa Kappa Iota) and once received the Educator of the Year award from the Morehouse Parish Teachers Association. Mrs. Odom is also a member of the Retired Teachers Association of Morehouse Parish. She is survived by her daughter, Susan Odom Pincus and husband Howard of West Palm Beach, FL; two grandchildren, David Russell Minchew of Baton Rouge, LA, Daniel Royce Minchew of Atlanta, GA and a great grandson, Christian Raymond Minchew of Atlanta, GA. Mrs. Odom is preceded in death by her parents, Emmett and Adeline Terrell Morris; husband, Royce William Odom; brothers and sisters, Charles Morris, Richard Morris, Lorraine Marshall and William Morris. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at Golden Funeral Home.