Odelia Loretta Lock

1932 - 2024

Odelia Loretta Moore Lock was born on January 20th, 1932 in Carthage, Arkansas to the late Mr. and Mrs. Oscar and Eliza Rebecca Moore. On May 9, 2024 at Chi St. Vincent Hospital, she was called home to be with her Heavenly Father.
At an early age, she united with First Missionary Baptist Church of Carthage, and accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. She was educated at Carthage Colored School In Carthage. She was married to the late Henry Taylor, Jr. of Carthage. She later moved to Malvern, Arkansas and married J. C. Lock.
Odelia loved and enjoyed her children, grandchildren and the greats. She also enjoyed fishing and cooking.  She was an excellent cook. She also loved the outdoors and was an avid flower gardner  -- beautiful flowers on her porch and in her yard.
Even with a house full of children, she kept an immaculate house. She loved God and her church. She received a Certificate of Gold Star Membership in Recognition of over 50 years of Service from Greater New Hope Baptist Church.
Odelia was preceded in death by her husband, J. C. Lock; parents Oscar and Eliza Rebecca Moore; children J. C. Lock, Jr., Patricia Jones, Benny Ray Taylor and Shirley J. Johnson; granddaughters Yolanda Shea Jones, Quinas Yvette Smith and Angel Clayton; great great granddaughters Ava Livingston and Aalure Burns; siblings Henrietta Moore, Thomas Archie Moore, Raymond Moore, Trudie Verline Johnson and Nannie Pattillo.
She leaves to cherish her memories six daughters: Annie R. Taylor-Shaw, Greenbelt, Maryland; Jo Ann Dickerson, Arkadelphia, Arkansas; Lavern Burns, Arkadelphia, Arkansas; Linda (Tommy) Bryant, Malvern, Arkansas; Jacqulyn (Timothy) Pearson, Lawton, Oklahoma; Tammy (Ricky) Williams, Lawton, Oklahoma; she raised her first grandson, Kent B. Smith; twenty-nine grandchildren; seventy-nine great grandchildren; thirty-five great, great, great grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Special cousins, Cal Ray Smith, Albert Ciccel, Jr., Rev. Henry Mitchell and Lemuel Sloan; brother-in-law, Clarence Lock; sisters-in-law, Dice Lock and Nancy Moore.  Bonus daughters Ruby Jewel Langston, Myrtle Smith, Rebecca Grant, and Joyce Johnson; bonus granddaughters, LaShunna Boatman and Candice Jones; special friends, Jo Ann Harris, Bonnett Smith, Creta Mae Vaden, Betty Johnson, Robbia Lea, Bobby Moore, Patricia Ivory and Delores Doby.
Odelia was a very compassionate and caring person, as such, she touched many lives.
Visitation will be Friday, May 17, 2024 at the Greater New Hope Baptist Church, 1202 Sullenberger St. Malvern, Arkansas 72104 from 5:30p-7:30p.
Homegoing Celebration will be Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 11:00a at the Greater New Hope Baptist Church in Malvern, she will lie in state from 10:00a-10:50a.
Services entrusted to Samuel L. Vance & Sons Funeral Directors, 413 W. Page Ave., Malvern, Arkansas 72104, 501-337-0100, samuellvanceandsons.com.