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Leonard Russell Odham, Sr., 85 died Saturday March 17, 2007 at Liberty Commons. He was the son of the late Andrew Raymond Odham and Margaret Burton Smith of Garland NC.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Glennie Haynes Odham in 1999.
After graduation from Garland High School in 1938, Russell enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he served on the USS Erie in the Pacific arena. He saw active conflict in the Pearl Harbor Attack, where he lost many of his shipmates.
Returning home to Fair Bluff, he married Glennie Haynes, and had two children. Russell became Fair Bluff's Postmaster in 1957, and served the community until his retirement in 1989. Upon retiring he devoted his remaining years to his beloved Fair Bluff Baptist Church, Fair Bluff Masonic Lodge #190 and his many friends. His gracious personality will be greatly missed around town.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday March 22, 2007 at Fair Bluff Baptist Church with Dr. Ray Lundy and Rev. Thomas Rich, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow at Powell Cemetery, Fair Bluff.
Russell is survived by his second wife, Nancy Nance Odham of the home; his daughter, Margaret Elaine O. Pierce and her husband, Ronald Pierce; two granddaughters, Jennifer Elaine Pierce, and Lindsay Sara Pierce, all of Colorado; his son, Dr. Leonard R. Odham, Jr. and his wife, Aiwa Yates Odham of Fair Bluff; three grandsons, L. Austin Odham and his wife, Erica: one great-grandson, Luke Hudson Odham, all of Clarkson NC; L. Brandon Odham of Wilmington, NC, and L. Aaron Odham of Raleigh, NC; and a half-brother, Johnny Mack Odham of Havelock NC.
Russell was preceded in death by, a sister, Anna Margaret O. Woodard; three brothers, Kenneth Burton Odham, Raymond Dempsay Odham, and Elmo Hanson Odham.
Memorials may be made to Fair Bluff Baptist Church, Christian Life Building Fund, P.O. Box 217, Fair Bluff NC 28439.
The family will receive friends from 7:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at Meares Funeral Home, 795 Main Street, Fair Bluff, NC.
You may sign the guestbook online at www.mearesfuneralhome.com
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
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Kendra
March 21, 2007
I am very sorry for your family's lost I hope you can find comfort in one of my favorite scriptures found at Revelatio 21:4 " And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes and death will be no more neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore the former things have passed away"
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