BLACKSHEAR — Mr. Jimmy Ray Odam, 76 of Blackshear, passed away late Thursday evening, December 29, 2022, at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville.
Born March 19, 1946 in Piedmont, Ala., Odam had lived in Blackshear since 2019. He served in the U.S. Air Force and went on to retire from CSX Transportation as the Assistant Division Manager for the Louisville (Ken.) Division after 31 years of service.
Over the years, Odam’s 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.
Odam attended Faith Christian Fellowship.
He was a son of the late Robert Royce and Lillian Odell Kesler Odam. Odam 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 of Blackshear; Shannon Ray Odam of Kennesaw; step-daughters, Shannon Noele Thore and Tracy Lane Pastlewait both of Kentucky; a sister, Kelly Sowell of Norman Park; a brother, Bob (Kathleen) Odam of Hoboken; his former wife and mother of his children, Mary Odam of 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.
A funeral service was held Saturday afternoon, January 7, 2023, from the Pearson-Dial Chapel.
Interment was in the High Bluff Cemetery.
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 was in charge of arrangements.
