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    About Odum

    “It started with a Saw Mill……”

    The town of Odum began in the sawmill industry that flourished on the great harvest of the celebrated virgin growth of pine trees with their esteemed “solid heart.” Records show that the “Haslum” post office was established on July 31,

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    “Echoes Of The Past – Part 9” (CONCLUSION)

    (NOTE: The following appeared in the 1985 Odum Homecoming program and was written by Hazel Dean Overstreet. It is being reproduced here for the Odum, Georgia website….KH) The Colquitt Ritch family and the Oscar Harris family, with their connections in

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    “Echoes Of The Past – Part 8”

    (NOTE: The following appeared in the 1985 Odum Homecoming program and was written by Hazel Dean Overstreet. It is being reproduced here for the Odum, Georgia website….KH) A fourteen-room school building was constructed in 1955. The old two-story brick building,

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    “Echoes Of The Past – Part 7”

    (NOTE: The following appeared in the 1985 Odum Homecoming program and was written by Hazel Dean Overstreet. It is being reproduced here for the Odum, Georgia website….KH) Another old family of Odum was the S.J. Hires family. “Mr. Seymour,” as

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    “Echoes Of The Past – Part 6”

    (NOTE: The following appeared in the 1985 Odum Homecoming program and was written by Hazel Dean Overstreet. It is being reproduced here for the Odum, Georgia website….KH) Mr. W.J. (Jackson) O’Quinn came from the O’Quinn settlement, built a large brick

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    “Echoes Of The Past – Part 5”

    (NOTE: The following appeared in the 1985 Odum Homecoming program and was written by Hazel Dean Overstreet. It is being reproduced here for the Odum, Georgia website….KH) Mrs. Susie remembers the thin strips of wood they used to split and

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    “Echoes Of The Past – Part 4”

    (NOTE: The following appeared in the 1985 Odum Homecoming program and was written by Hazel Dean Overstreet. It is being reproduced here for the Odum, Georgia website….KH) Mrs. Susie can remember very plainly when she was only five years old

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    “Echoes Of The Past – Part 3”

    (NOTE: The following appeared in the 1985 Odum Homecoming program and was written by Hazel Dean Overstreet. It is being reproduced here for the Odum, Georgia website….KH) John Thompson’s old store set where Lloyd Jones’s abandoned store stands today. The

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    “Echoes Of The Past – Part 2”

    (NOTE: The following appeared in the 1985 Odum Homecoming program and was written by Hazel Dean Overstreet. It is being reproduced here for the Odum, Georgia website….KH) Mr. Odum was an able businessman. An old history book in the possession

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    “Echoes Of The Past – Odum, Georgia”

    (NOTE: The following appeared in the 1985 Odum Homecoming program and was written by Hazel Dean Overstreet. It is being reproduced here for the Odum, Georgia website….KH) I am indebted to Mrs. Susie Dent Daniel, Mrs. Jo Knight Odum, Mr.

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