Mary Louise (Marsh) Odom

Mrs. Mary Louise Marsh Odom, 81, of Swainsboro passed away Sunday, November 17, 2024, at Emanuel County Nursing Home following an extended illness. Mrs. Odom was born May 10, 1943, in Statesboro to the late Mr. William Luther Marsh and Mrs. Ollie Hudson Thompson. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jimmy Odom; daughter, Meloney Wilkes; grandson, Michael Holley; sisters, Katherine Moore, Marie Hillman, Eva Durden; brother, William Marsh.  Mary lived in Swainsboro her whole life.  She was the mother of 7 children and 15 grandchildren.  Mary enjoyed dolling herself up with makeup, hair and nails always looking her best.  She loved jewelry, always having a ring on almost every finger.  “Love Boat” was her favorite tv show.  She even named one of her daughters after a character on the show.  Mary loved to write poems and draw.  In her younger years she played the guitar and loved to go out dancing with her sister Katherine aka Kitty.  One of her favorite songs was “blue eyes crying in the rain”.  In 2010 she was admitted to the Emanuel County Nursing Home where she resided until she passed.

Mrs. Odom is survived by sons, Greg Howard (Jamie) of Augusta, William Weeks (Angela) of Port Bolivar, TX, Buddy Tapley (Dottie) of Winnie, TX; daughters, Vicky Howard of Augusta, Selina Vaugh of Dotham, AL, Joy Renew of Vidalia; brothers, Jimmy Marsh, Henry Thompson (Deborah), both of Swainsboro; 15 grandchildren, a host of great grandchildren, several nieces, nephews, and many friends.

Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Chapman Funeral Home with Reverend Jonathon Shepard officiating.

The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to services.

Interment will follow in Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Thomas Renew, Tina Young, Terri Howard, Natalie Drew, Amy Crane, and Miranda Kay Brantley.

Condolences may be expressed at www.chapmanfhofswainsboro.com.

Chapman Funeral Home of Swainsboro is in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Mary Louise Marsh Odom, 81, of Swainsboro.