He was the son of Conrad "Connie" Odom of Georgia and Mary Condella of Louisiana. His parents moved to Chicago, Illinois from Georgia shortly before he was born. His maternal grandparents were Joseph Condella of Italy and Florence Clouatre Condella of Louisiana.
He stopped attending school at the fifth grade, and had been in trouble with the law at some point. Dr. Scudder wrote of him, "he'd learned far more about the world than I had with all my degrees ... and somewhere along the line he'd developed a talent for whipping up meals fit for a king!"
His mother died on 1 December 1966 in Chicago, IL. On 27 May 1967 his father was attacked by a mugger, but did not die until until 11 September 1967 after an operation to remove a blood clot that formed after the attack.
Joey Odom always dreamed of cooking on woodstove, and wanted to live a simpler life. He unplugged electrical appliances when not in use and kept them "tied in knots, as if to choke them!"
After their move to Georgia, Joseph Odom was involved in a serious auto-mobile accident in 1977 on the mountain road leading up to Corpsewood Manor. Odom was left in an invalid state for several months after the accident and never fully regained his health.
Despite of that, neighbors and visitors to Corpsewood still knew Odom for his culinary skills.
He was described as being a Catholic by Raymond Williams after his murder, and later as such by Odom's sister Mary Fieumefreddo. She also acknowledged her brother's homosexuality.
On 19 January 1983 Odom's ashes were scattered in the rose garden at Corpsewood Manor.
[For more information see the memorial of Charles Lee Scudder, whom he lived with for over two decades before getting murdered.]
Dr. Scudder left everything to him in his will. "Article VII. I hereby acknowledge that at the time of execution of this Will, I have three surviving children. It is my intention not to provide anything for my said surviving children under or pursuant to this Will, and it is further my intention that my said surviving children take nothing from my estate. It is my intention by this Will to provide for my good friend Joseph Odom, to the exclusion of all other persons." Litigation between the surviving family members soon followed.
He was survived by three sisters: Catherine Margaret Odom; Mary Loretta Odom; and Cora Mae Odom.
He stopped attending school at the fifth grade, and had been in trouble with the law at some point. Dr. Scudder wrote of him, "he'd learned far more about the world than I had with all my degrees ... and somewhere along the line he'd developed a talent for whipping up meals fit for a king!"
His mother died on 1 December 1966 in Chicago, IL. On 27 May 1967 his father was attacked by a mugger, but did not die until until 11 September 1967 after an operation to remove a blood clot that formed after the attack.
Joey Odom always dreamed of cooking on woodstove, and wanted to live a simpler life. He unplugged electrical appliances when not in use and kept them "tied in knots, as if to choke them!"
After their move to Georgia, Joseph Odom was involved in a serious auto-mobile accident in 1977 on the mountain road leading up to Corpsewood Manor. Odom was left in an invalid state for several months after the accident and never fully regained his health.
Despite of that, neighbors and visitors to Corpsewood still knew Odom for his culinary skills.
He was described as being a Catholic by Raymond Williams after his murder, and later as such by Odom's sister Mary Fieumefreddo. She also acknowledged her brother's homosexuality.
On 19 January 1983 Odom's ashes were scattered in the rose garden at Corpsewood Manor.
[For more information see the memorial of Charles Lee Scudder, whom he lived with for over two decades before getting murdered.]
Dr. Scudder left everything to him in his will. "Article VII. I hereby acknowledge that at the time of execution of this Will, I have three surviving children. It is my intention not to provide anything for my said surviving children under or pursuant to this Will, and it is further my intention that my said surviving children take nothing from my estate. It is my intention by this Will to provide for my good friend Joseph Odom, to the exclusion of all other persons." Litigation between the surviving family members soon followed.
He was survived by three sisters: Catherine Margaret Odom; Mary Loretta Odom; and Cora Mae Odom.
He was the son of Conrad "Connie" Odom of Georgia and Mary Condella of Louisiana. His parents moved to Chicago, Illinois from Georgia shortly before he was born. His maternal grandparents were Joseph Condella of Italy and Florence Clouatre Condella of Louisiana.
He stopped attending school at the fifth grade, and had been in trouble with the law at some point. Dr. Scudder wrote of him, "he'd learned far more about the world than I had with all my degrees ... and somewhere along the line he'd developed a talent for whipping up meals fit for a king!"
His mother died on 1 December 1966 in Chicago, IL. On 27 May 1967 his father was attacked by a mugger, but did not die until until 11 September 1967 after an operation to remove a blood clot that formed after the attack.
Joey Odom always dreamed of cooking on woodstove, and wanted to live a simpler life. He unplugged electrical appliances when not in use and kept them "tied in knots, as if to choke them!"
After their move to Georgia, Joseph Odom was involved in a serious auto-mobile accident in 1977 on the mountain road leading up to Corpsewood Manor. Odom was left in an invalid state for several months after the accident and never fully regained his health.
Despite of that, neighbors and visitors to Corpsewood still knew Odom for his culinary skills.
He was described as being a Catholic by Raymond Williams after his murder, and later as such by Odom's sister Mary Fieumefreddo. She also acknowledged her brother's homosexuality.
On 19 January 1983 Odom's ashes were scattered in the rose garden at Corpsewood Manor.
[For more information see the memorial of Charles Lee Scudder, whom he lived with for over two decades before getting murdered.]
Dr. Scudder left everything to him in his will. "Article VII. I hereby acknowledge that at the time of execution of this Will, I have three surviving children. It is my intention not to provide anything for my said surviving children under or pursuant to this Will, and it is further my intention that my said surviving children take nothing from my estate. It is my intention by this Will to provide for my good friend Joseph Odom, to the exclusion of all other persons." Litigation between the surviving family members soon followed.
He was survived by three sisters: Catherine Margaret Odom; Mary Loretta Odom; and Cora Mae Odom.
He stopped attending school at the fifth grade, and had been in trouble with the law at some point. Dr. Scudder wrote of him, "he'd learned far more about the world than I had with all my degrees ... and somewhere along the line he'd developed a talent for whipping up meals fit for a king!"
His mother died on 1 December 1966 in Chicago, IL. On 27 May 1967 his father was attacked by a mugger, but did not die until until 11 September 1967 after an operation to remove a blood clot that formed after the attack.
Joey Odom always dreamed of cooking on woodstove, and wanted to live a simpler life. He unplugged electrical appliances when not in use and kept them "tied in knots, as if to choke them!"
After their move to Georgia, Joseph Odom was involved in a serious auto-mobile accident in 1977 on the mountain road leading up to Corpsewood Manor. Odom was left in an invalid state for several months after the accident and never fully regained his health.
Despite of that, neighbors and visitors to Corpsewood still knew Odom for his culinary skills.
He was described as being a Catholic by Raymond Williams after his murder, and later as such by Odom's sister Mary Fieumefreddo. She also acknowledged her brother's homosexuality.
On 19 January 1983 Odom's ashes were scattered in the rose garden at Corpsewood Manor.
[For more information see the memorial of Charles Lee Scudder, whom he lived with for over two decades before getting murdered.]
Dr. Scudder left everything to him in his will. "Article VII. I hereby acknowledge that at the time of execution of this Will, I have three surviving children. It is my intention not to provide anything for my said surviving children under or pursuant to this Will, and it is further my intention that my said surviving children take nothing from my estate. It is my intention by this Will to provide for my good friend Joseph Odom, to the exclusion of all other persons." Litigation between the surviving family members soon followed.
He was survived by three sisters: Catherine Margaret Odom; Mary Loretta Odom; and Cora Mae Odom.
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