Mr. Joe Odom, age 79, died Friday, September 13, 2024, at Advent Health in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Statesboro, Georgia native was raised in East Savannah and Pooler, Georgia and graduated from Groves High School in 1963. Following high school, Joe joined the US Marine Corp in August of 1963 and served during the Vietnam War until his discharge in 1967. Joe then went on to work with the Boeing Corporation form 1967 until 1970. He joined the US Air Force in 1971, where he served as Air Traffic Controller, until his retirement in 1987. Joe also owned and operated Joe’s Sip - N – Cue in Callaway, Florida. From 1987 until 1990, he was employed with Planning Research Corporation; he was employed with Loral Aerospace Services, Savannah Site Manager from 1990 until 1995; 1996, he worked with JWK International Corporation as a Field Engineer; 1998 until October of 1999, as Contract Range Manager Site Supervisor Key West TACTS/ACMI range and with Northrop Grumman Information Technology as TACTS/ACMI Field Engineer VI until his retirement.
Joe had resided in Statesboro, St. Mary’s, Georgia and most recently DeLand, Florida.
Joe was preceded in death by his parents, Archie Odom and Cleo Bailey Odom; his wife, Deborah Mendoza Odom; a brother, Gary Odom and a sister, Gail Odom.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Devan and Tracy Odom of St. Mary’s; a brother and sister-in-law, Archie and Kristi Odom; his grandchildren, Devyn Odom (Trevor Zachary), Dylan Odom (Lynn Odom) and Jacen Rains and his great grandchildren, Nickolas Pollock, Henry Zachary and Morgan Odom.
The family will receive visitors on Friday, September 27, 2024 from 5:00pm until 7:00pm at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro.
Funeral services will be Saturday, September 28th, at 11:00am in the chapel of Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro with Rev. Jody Bryant officiating.
Interment will be in the Brannen Family Cemetery on Westside Road in Statesboro with full military honors.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Brannen Cemetery Fund, 771 Nessmith Road, Statesboro, Ga 30458.
Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
