Mrs. Alberta Odom

The Homegoing Celebration for Mrs. Alberta Odom of Montezuma, Georgia will be held Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at noon at New Hope Baptist Church, 8620 Highway 26, East in Montezuma, Georgia. Interment will follow in New Hope Cemetery.
Alberta Nelson Odom was born September 17, 1928, to the parentage of Russell and Ethel Thomas Nelson in Desoto, Georgia. She was reared by her grandfather, Charlie Thomas, and step-grandmother, Ella Thomas. Alberta was very studious, attending the Sumter County School System where she completed the eighth grade. She was unable to complete her education, because she had to take care of her step grandmother, Ella Thomas. After the death of her grandfather in 1941, she moved to Macon County.
After moving to Macon County, Alberta met a handsome young man named Timothy Odom at a social gathering. With some encouragement from Mrs. Novella Moone and Mrs. Pauline Fields, the two began their courtship, and she became Mrs. Timothy Odom in 1945. Their beautiful lives together were marked with many years of happiness and laughter. Their union produced a legacy. Together this dynamic duo reared their thirteen children. In the Odom family, education took precedence over everything. Mrs. Odom taught her children the value of hard work, a love for God, and the value of a good education. She made sure that all ten of her biological children graduated from D.F. Douglass High School.
Mrs. Odom was the Matriarch of The Odom Memorial Mentoring Program, Inc. and the owner of Odom's Produce. She was employed with the Macon County School System as a cook at D.F. Douglass High School. Of all the things she did, she was a flower lover and gardener. And oh! She was an exceptional cook.
She professed her faith in Jesus Christ and became a faithful, lifelong member of New Hope Baptist Church in Montezuma, Georgia where she served as an usher and member of the missionary board for over forty-five years.
Alberta Nelson Odom transcended from her earthly vessel to a life of everlasting joy with her savior Jesus Christ on Friday, August 30, 2024, at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany, Georgia surrounded by her loving family. Preceding her in death are her parents, Russell and Ethel Thomas Nelson; her brothers: Russell Nelson, Jr., Eddie Lewis Howard, and Charles Howard; her sister, Willie Lou Harvey; three children: Ethel Lee Odom, Timothy Odom, Jr., and Nathaniel Odom; two stepchildren, Robert Odom and Norris Felton.
Cherishing her memory are: Mr. Curry (Alice) Odom of Batavia, New York, Mrs. Ernestine (Tom, deceased) Brown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Vivian O. (Edwin B., deceased) Breed of Cordele, Georgia, Mrs. Kitty (George) Harris of Fort Valley, Georgia, Mr. Cornelius (Gladys) Odom, Mrs. Brenda (Lynwood) Holmes, and Ms. Frances Odom, all of Montezuma, Georgia, and Mr. Gregory Odom of Covington, Georgia.
She is further survived by thirty-eight grandchildren, two of whom she reared as her own after the death of their mother, Ethel Odom: Kristy (Deondra) Randle of Upper Marlboro, Maryland and Krista (Hasan) Ashshaheed of Washington, D.C.; forty great-grandchildren, twenty great-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-great-grandchild. Her life and memory will also be treasured by her sister and brother: Mrs. Annie Ree (Jimmie) Harris of Montezuma, Georgia and Mr. John Willie Howard of Rochester, New York; her brother-in-law, Mr. Willie James (Norma, deceased) Odom of Montezuma, Georgia; a host of nieces, nephews, other loving relatives and friends.
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