Funeral service for Barbara Jayne Odom will be at 2:00 pm Monday, November 19, 2018 at First Baptist East with Rev. Doug Passmore, Pastor officiating.

Entombment will be in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum, Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Barbara Jayne Odom,83, Lawton passed from this life to be in the presence of her Savior and to enjoy a great reunion with family and friends on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in a Marlow nursing home.

She was born July 16, 1935 in Gracemont, Oklahoma.  Her parents were Frank and Lena Whitlock.  Barbara grew up in Anadarko, OK where she attended school and graduated from Anadarko High School.  On July 15, 1955 she was joined in marriage to Max Odom.  Their lives were then blessed with the addition of two daughters.  Max and Barbara were married for over 44 years.  He preceded her in death in October of 1999.

She was best known for being an incredible teacher.  She taught a 5th grade Sunday School class for many years at her home church, Calvary Baptist, she taught ESL for several years at St. Mary's Catholic School, and then the last eight years of her life she taught a weekly Bible study at Friendship International which met at First Baptist Church.  Through her many years of teaching she touched and encouraged numerous lives and her influence will live on and be felt by people of all ages and from many backgrounds.

Barbara was a dedicated Christian wife, mother, and grandmother and one of the most common descriptions of her was that she was a great "encourager".  Over the course of her adult life she sent literally hundreds of notes and cards to friends and family in an effort to lift their spirits with her kind and thoughtful written words.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Max, both of her parents, and one brother, Bud Whitlock.

She is survived by her daughters, Sheila Baggett and her husband, Monty, of Purcell, OK and Angie Odom of Lawton, 3 brothers, Mike, Robert and Maurice Whitlock, 7 grandchildren, Jason and Kevin Morales, Caleb South, Cara Hoskins, Amanda Hix, Candace Peck, and Brett Baggett,

14 great grandchildren other relatives and many friends.