She was a lifelong resident of Chattanooga and was educated in the Chattanooga Public School system. She was preceded in death by her loving husband James H. Odom Sr.

Those left to cherish her memory are her devoted daughters and sons Tresa (Ken) Stripling (Helena, AL), Deborah Odom, Mia Odom, James H. Odom Jr. and Alfred Odom (Chattanooga, TN); sisters, Brittie Ervin, Mary (Raymond) Reynolds and Marjorie McBee, brother, Rheubin Baine, all of Chattanooga, TN; nine grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends