Jimmy Ray Odam, 76, of Blackshear, passed away late Thursday evening, December 29, 2022, at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, FL.
Born in Piedmont, AL March 19, 1946, he had lived in Blackshear since 2019. He served in the U.S. Air Force and went on to retire from CSX Transportation retiring as the Assistant Division Manager for the Louisville (KY) Division after 31 years of service. Over the years his career had taken him from Alabama to Georgia, Florida and Kentucky. He was a faithful member of the Hog-N-Bones Breakfast Club and always enjoyed visiting with his friends there. He attended Faith Christian Fellowship.
He was a son of the late Robert Royce and Lillian Odell Kesler Odam. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Ellen Pottinger Odam; a sister, Linda Tuten and a brother, Gary Wayne Odam.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Mynette and David Williams, Blackshear; Shannon Ray Odam, Kennesaw; step-daughters, Shannon Noele Thore and Tracy Lane Pastlewait, both of Kentucky; a sister, Kelly Sowell, Norman Park; a brother, Bob (Kathleen) Odam, Hoboken; his former wife and mother of his children, Mary Odam, Blackshear; seven grandchildren, Laney Williams, Jackson Williams, Carson Odam, Marlow Odam, Matthew Troy Childress II, Savannah Noele Childress and Brennan Scott Hayes and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-noon Saturday, January 7, 2023, at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, from the Pearson-Dial Chapel.
Interment will be in the High Bluff Cemetery.
The family kindly requests members of the Hog-N-Bones Breakfast Club to serve as honorary pallbearers. Please meet at the funeral home chapel by 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online register at www.pearsondial.com.
Pearson-Dial Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of arrangements.
