Norma Jean Carithers Odom

Mrs. Norma Jean Carithers Odom, age 71, went to be with the Lord on January 14, 2011, while surrounded by family and friends who dearly loved her. Funeral services for Mrs. Odom will be conducted in Friendship Freewill Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2011. The Rev. Marler Starnes and Rev. George Morris will officiate. Entombment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Monday at Lady's Funeral Home and at the church from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. Tuesday prior to the service. Mrs. Odom was born in Rowan County, NC on January 26, 1939, a daughter of the late Paul C. Carithers and Jewel Owens Carithers Kerley. She was a member of Friendship Freewill Baptist Church and formerly worked at Terry Products in Kannapolis. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her two brothers, Talmage and Malcomb Carithers. Survivors include her husband, Charles E. Odom, a son, Timothy Odom of Kannapolis and a daughter, Kathy M. Massey and her husband Tony of Smithfield, NC; five grandchildren, Michael Odom and wife Amy, Nathan Massey and wife Jennifer, Anthony Odom, Caleb Massey and Benjamin Odom; three great-grandchildren, Amaris Taylen Massey, Garris Andrew Massey and Ava Grace Massey. The family request memorials for Mrs. Odom to be directed to the building fund of, Friendship Freewill Baptist Church, 509 West 22nd Street, Kannapolis, NC 28081.