Odessa Smith, 93, of Greenville, South Carolina, passed on March 11, 2022. Odessa was born on September 22, 1928. Born in Laurens County, a daughter of the late Jim Putman and Callie Bailey Putman and wife of the late Maydee Smith, she was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church where she served in many capacities. She is survived by four sons, Rev. Cleo Smith, Heyward Smith, Lee Willis Smith and Perry Smith all of Fountain Inn; five daughters, Odessa Ann Griffin of Mauldin, Quinella White, Katherine Barksdale, Lois S, Davis all of Fountain Inn and Minister Jacqueline Spurgeon of Simpsonville; two brothers, Erskine Putman and Nonie Putman of Detroit, MI; one sister, Callie Seaton of Detroit Michigan; fifty-five grandchildren, one of which, Brittany Smith-Parks, was reared in the home; Forty-five great-grandchildren and nineteen great, great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, March 17, 2022 at the Bethlehem Baptist Church, with Dr. Phillip Baldwin officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 16, 2022, fr0m 6-8 pm in Fountain Inn, SC.