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1961 Lion's
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Carrollton High School
Carrollton, Dallas Co., Texas
FacultyE. Dale Odom
BA, MA, NTSC
TULANE University
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OBITUARY
 Edwin
Dale Odom
Born: July 10, 1929
Died: May 26, 2015
Edwin Dale Odom, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of
North Texas. Born in Sanger, Texas, July 10, 1929 to Roy Edwin and Dora
Mae Odom. Married LaVerne Masten in Sanger on January 2, 1949. He died
on Tuesday May 26, 2015 at The Vintage in Denton.
He was a graduate of Sanger High School, held B.A. and M.A. degrees from
North Texas State College, and a Ph.D. from Tulane University of
Louisiana. He was an instructor at Victoria College and Tulane
University and teacher at Carrollton High School. He retired in 1994,
after 35 years of service, from the University of North Texas Department
of History, but taught every other semester at UNT until the Spring
semester of 2003. He was an occasional substitute teacher for the Denton
independent School District until 2009.
He was a member and served as Chair of the Denton County Historical
commission, 1971-1979; member of Denton Country Club, 1966-1986; member
and Sunday School Teacher at First Baptist Church of Denton; former
member of the “First Fifty Years of the History of Grace Temple Baptist
Church” 1999. He was a member of many scholarly organizations and read
scholarly papers or served as chair of sessions at many of them. He has
been listed in Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, The Directory of
Scholars and other directories of distinguished persons.
With his wife, LaVerne Masten Odom he was the author and publisher of
“An Illustrated History of Denton County, Texas from Peters Colony to
Metroplex.”: published in 1996. He was the author of several scholarly
articles, newspaper articles, encyclopedia articles and book chapters.
He is survived by his daughter, Phyllis Suzanne Koroly and her husband
Jeff of Denton; son, Dan Odom of Denton; sister, Janelle Shelton and her
husband Gray of Sanger; brothers, Neal Odom of Sanger, Jimmy Odom and
his wife Marian of Sanger; four grandchildren, Devin Reynolds and his
wife Kelly of Seattle, WA, Brooke Reynolds of Mesquite, Lane Koroly of
Denton, Miles Koroly of Denton; great-grandchildren, Presley Eubanks,
Kaden Reynolds, Logan Reynolds.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife LaVerne; son, Roger Odom.
A memorial service will be held at 11:30 AM Saturday, May 30, 2015 at
New Life Church, 1350 Milam Road, Sanger, TX 76266.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the American Cancer Society; Sanger
Historical Society or a charity of your choice.(Published by
Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home, May 26, 2015) |
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