Elvie Mae Odom

Mrs. Elvie Mae Odom, age 78, of Blairsville, GA, passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2007. Mrs. Odom was born Tuesday, March 27, 1928 in Union County, Georgia to the late Ernest Beaver and the late Vestie Thomas Beaver. She was a designer of models for the Rushton Toy Company. She was very creative with her hands, and enjoyed crocheting and quilting. Elvie also sang gospel music. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hoyet A. Odom.

Survivors include: daughters, Doris Parker of Ranger, GA, Iris Sparks of Ackworth, GA, and Eva Lanning of Smyrna, GA; son, Alfred Odom of Ellijay, GA; brothers, Loys Beaver of Blairsville, GA, and Randall Beaver of Blairsville, GA; sister, Birdie Davenport of Morganton, GA, six grandchildren, and ten great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Friday, March 23, 2007 at 11:00 A,M. from the Henry-Cochran Funeral Home with the Rev. Luther Thomas officiating. Interment will follow in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery on Loving Road.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-9, Thursday, March 22.

The Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge, Georgia isserving the Odom Family.