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Submitted: 11/27/20 • Approved: 11/29/20 • Last Updated: 12/2/20 • R1353377-G1353376-S3
Dorothy
Feb 26, 1919 - Dec 11, 2006
Father: Clifford Lee Graham
Mother: Nancy Jane "Janie" Carter
Chester Eugene
Sept 1, 1913 - Feb 27, 1989
*Obituary
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN)
December 13, 2006
Dorothy Mae Graham Odom, age 87, died peacefully at Ave Maria Nursing Home on Monday, December 11, 2006. She was born February 26, 1919, in Chewalla, Tennessee to Clifford Lee and Nancy Carter Graham. She was the widow of Chester Eugene Odom. They lived and raised their family in Mississippi County, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her children, Ronnie, Paulette, Sheila, Susan, and Harold Wayne; her siblings, Lottie, Ruby, Jay, Troy, John, and Virginia. She leaves to cherish her memory, her children, Bob (Yolande) Odom of Georgetown, Texas, Nancy Pigue (Joe) of St Louis, Missouri, Mary Jayne Arthur (Ed) of Picayune, Mississippi, and Teresa Schuman of Memphis; her sisters, Louise Dickerson of Chicago, Cora Covington of Menifee, California, Mary Richardson of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Mary Patricia Odom, widow of Harold, and Ronnie Daniels, widower of Susan, 22 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren, plus many nieces, nephews and special friend, Margie Webb. Visitation will take place on Thursday, December 14 at Canale Funeral Home, 2700 Union Extended, Memphis between 5-7 p.m. with rosary at 6:30 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, December 15, at 10 a.m. at Catholic Church of the Ascension, with Reverend William J. Parham officiating. Burial will follow at 1 p.m. at Elmwood Cemetery in Blytheville, Arkansas. Dorothy received her GED in her forties and attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in Food Service Management. She worked in the Blytheville, Arkansas School District for 26 years beginning as a cook and progressing as Manager of District 5 as Food Director. She loved to cook and feed people. To her that meant Love. She was famous for her great yeast rolls at every school where she served and with all her friends and family. Even at the end of her life, her favorite programs on TV were on the Cooking Channel. All of us were blessed in June 2006 when we had her as our Star for a family reunion attended by 69 family members. She loved greatly and was loved greatly. May her unselfish spirit guide all of us for the remaining of our lives. We will miss her tremendously. She was the heart of our family. We would like to thank our sister Teresa who looked after our Mama's well being these last trying years, the wonderful staff at Ave Maria Nursing Home and Crossroads Hospice. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Catholic Church of the Ascension or to Ave Maria Nursing Home, 2805 Charles Bryan Rd., Memphis, Tennessee 38134. Canal Funeral Directors.
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When Dorothy Mae Graham was born on February 26, 1919, in Pocahontas, Tennessee, her father, Clifford, was 24, and her mother, Nancy, was 23. She had nine children with Chester Eugean Odom. She died on December 11, 2006, in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 87, and was buried in Blytheville, Arkansas.
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