Donny Dale Odom

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Don Odom who left us on November 11, 2024.  He was a beloved Dad, Pappy, Uncle Donny and friend. He was known to make you laugh, help with any project, and just be there when anyone needed him for anything.  He is survived by three children: Mary Donette Odom, Jennifer Dawn Odom and Dusty Don Odom, and daughter-in-law, Jodie; his grandchildren:  Samantha Dawn Pierce Navarro and husband Dave and two children, Tabytha Tomorrow Dawn and Adler Adam Tate; Skylar Don O’Roark, wife Carli and two children, Tyler David and Hayden Kinslee; David Don Payne O’Roark, wife Alexis, and two children, Emelia Jett and Oliver Payne; MacKenzie Elizabeth  Pierce Mullen and her husband Eddie who are expecting their first child, a baby boy, to bring hope and joy to this family during this difficult time, residing in Illinois; Alexandria KellenFairway Pierce Brown, and husband Connor, residing in Idaho; Brylan Don Odom, and girlfriend, Morgan Livingston, William Prayze Pierce and girlfriend, Lilly Newell who are also expecting a baby girl to bring a sense of hope and continuity to our family during this loss, Rage Irysh Don Tramel; Brecklyn Futch, Libby Futch; his companion, Phyllis Molina; the mother of his children Mary Odom and one sister, Ann Odom Boyles of Mineral Wells as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by two brothers, Benny Odom and Terry Odom, and two sisters Bunny Odom and Peggy Odom Ingram, parents Lucky and Dora Mae Odom.

He was born in Odessa and grew up in Woodson working at his Grandpa Odom’s Sinclair gas station. He went to high school in Breckenridge, where his mother owned her own bakery (Mae’s pies).  Tom’s peanut and candy delivery brought him to Seymour where most still reside.  He left Tom’s to work as a cowboy for the Feedlot, where he found a love to start his rodeo days.  He made a career change after working as a foreman for BK Electric to go back to college and graduated from Midwestern State University, Summa Cum Laude with a double major in History and Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology. While going to college he continued his ranch hand work and even drove a bull-wagon.  He later retired from Rolling Plains Management Corporation. He was 32nd d degree Mason and past master of the Seymour Masonic Lodge.

When he was not raising kids, taking grandkids fishing, teaching how to shoot guns and make and collect knives, he served on the Chamber of Commerce, coached little league baseball, peewee, midget, and alumni football, refereed JH and HS football games, served as President of the Band Booster club, and deacon of the First Christian Church.

A lifetime is not long enough to love someone like him, but we are all very grateful to have had the opportunity to love and enjoy the time we did have.

We will celebrate his life on Thursday, November, 14, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church in Seymour.  Burial will be in the Woodson Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites under the direction of Archer Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 6:00 until 7:00 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home.