Shirley Turner Odom's Obituary
Shirley Turner Odom, 89, of Albemarle passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2025 in Trinity Place in Albemarle. Her funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 in the Stanly Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Drew Edmisten officiating. Burial will follow in the Anderson Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 until 10:45 AM on Tuesday at Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care prior to the service.
Born April 2, 1935 in Albemarle, NC, she was the daughter of the late Grover Lee Turner and Mary Lucas Turner. She was a retired weaver with Wiscassett Mills and most recently worked at the Albemarle Bojangles with roughly 20 years of service. She was an active member of Anderson Grove Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher for multiple decades. Mrs. Odom loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Odom was preceded in death by her husband, Willard Robert Odom in 2008 and by her daughter Sheila Odom Smith in 1999. She is survived by her son-in-law Jeff Smith (Brinn) of Albemarle, grandchildren Brian Smith (Jessica) of Albemarle, Benjamin Smith (Brooks) of Owensboro, KY, Elizabeth Adkisson (Patrick) of Matthews, NC, Katie Furr (Justin) of Albemarle, step-grandchildren Lee Timberlake (Michele) of Albemarle and Bill Timberlake of Albemarle, and great-grandchildren Emmett Smith, Wyatt Smith, Caroline Smith, Henry Smith, Harrison Smith, Ava Adkisson, Eli Furr, Landon Furr, Talen Hinesley, and Tendel Timberlake.
The family requests that memorial be made to Tillery Compassionate Care, 960 North First Street, Albemarle, NC 28001 (https://www.tillerycompassionatecare.org), or to Trinity Place, 24724 US 52
Albemarle, North Carolina 28001.
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