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Vidor

Darlene G. Odom, 62, of Vidor died Friday, Feb. 3 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.

A visitation will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6 at Pecan Baptist Church, located on Hwy. 105 in Vidor.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 at Pecan Acres Baptist Church, with burial to follow at Autumn Oaks Cemetery in Orange.

Born on March 3, 1949 and a native of Beaumont, she was a longtime resident of Vidor. Darlene was a homemaker, devoted wife, loving mother and grandmother. She was a member of Maple Crest Baptist Church in Vidor.

Darlene is preceded in death by her parents, Virgil and Pearl Finley, and her brother, Paul Finley.

She is survived by her husband, Paul Odom; sons, Johnny and Hershel Odom both of Vidor, Texas; daughters, Darla Odom of Vidor, Diane DeRahus of Orangefield; brothers, Cecil Clark of Vidor, Hershel Finley of Beaumont, Charles Finley of Kankakee, Ill.; sisters, Lynn Brown of Orlando, Fla., Dorothy Gunn of Lewisville, Texas, Diann Fechner of Beaumont, Sara Meroney of Austin, Sheila Madaffri of Beaumont, and nine grandchildren.