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Betty Faye <I>Smart</I> Odom

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Betty Faye Smart Odom

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22 Oct 2005 (aged 69)
Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA
Burial
Shafter, Kern County, California, USA Add to Map
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Betty Faye Odom
1936 - 2005
Betty Faye Odom 1936 2005 A graveside service will be conducted by Peters Funeral Home for Betty Odom on Saturday, October 29, 2005, at 11:00 a.m., at Shafter Memorial Park. Betty was born in Star, Oklahoma to Daniel and Ruth (Wilkerson) Smart on July 23, 1936. She married Jimmy Merle Thornton in 1953. Though the marriage didn't last, they produced four sons. She married Jim Odom in 1987. She worked for many years as an accounting clerk, retiring from Lennar Corp. in August 2004. She died October 22, 2005, at home with family at her side, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, and son, Michael Thornton. She is survived by brother, Dan Junior Smart; and sons, David Thornton and wife, Beverly, Steven Thornton and wife, Barbara, Terry Thornton and wife, Vivian; stepchildren, Jimmy Earl, Susie, Sheri and Dennis; 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Peters Funeral Home-Shafter Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 10/26/2005.
Betty Faye Odom
1936 - 2005
Betty Faye Odom 1936 2005 A graveside service will be conducted by Peters Funeral Home for Betty Odom on Saturday, October 29, 2005, at 11:00 a.m., at Shafter Memorial Park. Betty was born in Star, Oklahoma to Daniel and Ruth (Wilkerson) Smart on July 23, 1936. She married Jimmy Merle Thornton in 1953. Though the marriage didn't last, they produced four sons. She married Jim Odom in 1987. She worked for many years as an accounting clerk, retiring from Lennar Corp. in August 2004. She died October 22, 2005, at home with family at her side, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, and son, Michael Thornton. She is survived by brother, Dan Junior Smart; and sons, David Thornton and wife, Beverly, Steven Thornton and wife, Barbara, Terry Thornton and wife, Vivian; stepchildren, Jimmy Earl, Susie, Sheri and Dennis; 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Peters Funeral Home-Shafter Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 10/26/2005.


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  • Created by: Lisa
  • Added: May 25, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14409656/betty_faye-odom: accessed ), memorial page for Betty Faye Smart Odom (23 Jul 1936–22 Oct 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14409656, citing Shafter Memorial Park, Shafter, Kern County, California, USA; Maintained by Lisa (contributor 46623471).