Life History

Notes

• Odell Alonzo Edmonds 10 May 1919.  Was actually the son of Lizze Webb and her first husband who was an Edwards. Odell took the name Edmonds and his descendants are still Edmonds.
  Elijah married Lizzie Webb after the death of "Maggie" in 1922.  They had the following children.
  Harding - 23 May 1923
  Merdia ( son ) Coledge - 14 Jun 1927
  Lizzie Webb had two daughters from her first marriage,
  Pansy Edwards Johnson and Laura Edwards ( unsure if she married)
  --  Suzanne Kennedy, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 August 2015
  
  In the January 1920 census, Odell and his sisters are reported with their mother widow Elizabeth (Lizzie) Webb, living with Lizzie's parents in the home of her aged parents in Campobello, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  Though Odell is reported here as already 9 months old, his grave says he was born 10 May 1919.  His father must have died some time during 1919.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 14 January, Campobello Township, Enumeration District 82, page 7A, Hse/Fam #113
  Webb, Maryed (?) Head Owns Free & Clear M W 60 Married NC SC NC [b abt 1860]
  Webb, Jullie [Julie?] Wife F W 54 Married NC NC SC Farm Laborer [b abt 1865]
  Webb, Wish [Willis? ] W 18 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt Nov 1901]
  Webb, Walter Son M W 16 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt Dec 1903]
  Webb, Joe Son M W 14 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt 1905]
  Ewards [Edwards], Lizzie Dau F W 31 Widow NC NC NC [b abt 1889]
  Ewards [Edwards], Laure [Laura] Dau [Granddau] F W 8 Single NC NC NC [b abt 1911]
  Ewards [Edwards], Tanzy [Pansy] Dau [Granddau] F W 5 Single NC NC NC [b abt 1914]
  Ewards [Edwards], Odell Son [Grandson] M W 9mos Single NC NC NC [b abt March 1919]
  
  1930 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 16 April, District 42-18, page 9A, Midnight Rd, Hse #152, Fam #153
  Edmunds, Lidge Head M W 65 Married at age 21 NC NC NC Farmer [abt 1865]
  Edmunds, Elizabeth Wife F W 48 Married at age 18 NC NC NC [abt 1882]
  Edmunds, Laura E Dau F W 18 NC NC NC  [abt 1912]
  Edmunds, Pansy Dau F W 13 NC NC NC [b abt 1917]
  Edmunds, Odell Son M W 11 SC NC NC [b abt 1919]
  Edmunds, Hardin M W 6 SC NC NC [b abt 1904]
  Edmunds, Marti Son M W 2yrs9mos [abt Aug 1927] SC NC NC
  
  1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 24 April, Cherokee Township, District 42-29 Page 12B, Chesnee Rt 1, Hse #190, Rents Farm
  Edmonds, Lizzie Head F W 51 Widow Grade 5 b South Carolina Same house in 1935 [b abt 1889]
  Edmonds, Harty [Harding] Son M W 16 Single Grade 6 b South Carolina same house in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1914]
  Edmonds, May Dau [matches the son Marti/Merdia] F W 12 Grade 5 b South Carolina same house [b abt 1928]
  Edwards, Lila [Laura] Dau F W 29 Single Grade 5 b South Carolina same house Farm Laborer [b abt 1911]
  Edwards, Pansy Dau F W 24 Single Grade 4 South Carolina same house Farm Laborer [b abt 1916]
  - page 13A -
  Edwards, Odel Son M W 20 Single Grade 4 b South Carolina same house in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1914]
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
  Odell A Edmonds
  Birth Date 10 May 1919
  300 S Church Ave, Landrum, SC, 29356-2010
  
  U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
  Odell A Edmonds
  Birth 1919 South Carolina
  Residence Spartanburg, South Carolina
  Enlistment 8 Dec 1942 Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina, Private
  
  North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004
  Odell Alonzo Edmonds
  Married
  Social Security #249261117
  Age 62, Date of Birth 10 May 1919
  Residence Beaufort County, South Carolina
  Death 16 Jun 1981 Veterans Hospital, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Attended by a Physician
  Burial out of state
  NC Department of Health. North Carolina Deaths, 1979-82
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Odell Edmonds
  Born 10 May 1919
  Died Jun 1981
  Last Residence Landrum, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29356
  SSN 249-26-1117 issued South Carolina (Before 1951)
  
  Obituary Summary
  Edmonds, Odell Alonzo, Age 62
  Born Spartanburg County, South Caroilna
  Residence 300 church St, Landrum, North Carolina
  Died Tuesday [16 June 1981] in the VA Medical Center, Asheville, North Carolina
  "son of the late Eligh [sic] and Elizabeth Webb Edmonds" [Lidge was his stepfather; his father was Elizabeth's first husband, surnamed Edwards]
  Husband of Blanche Jackson Edmonds
  Services Thursday [18 June 1981] at Petty Funeral Home by the Revs C W Farrar and Lawrence Jackson
  Burial in Evergreen Memorial Gardens
  Among survivors were his half-brother Harding (identified simply as Brother) Stepbrothers Stroud, Gurley & full sister Pansey
  (Odell was the son of William Edwards, but went by his stepfather's name Edmonds. He was only 1 or 2 years old when his father died)
  --  Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 17 June 1981 [Wednesday], p C8, Courtesy of Kelly Jane O
  
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  Odell Alonzo Edmonds
  Birth May 10, 1919 South Carolina, USA
  Death Jun. 18, 1981 Landrum, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
  
  Spartanburg Herald:
  EDMONDS, ODELL ALONZO
  62, Landrum, h/o Blanche Jackson Edmonds, 6-17-81 p C8
  
  Parents:
  Elijah L. Edmonds (1865 - 1938) [Stepfather; Father was Unknown Edwards]
  Lizzie Webb Edmonds (1888 - 1949)
  
  Siblings:
  William Calvin Edmonds (1888 - 1972) [Step-sibling]
  Oscar Sheldon Edmonds (1891 - 1949) [Step-sibling]
  Tembert Stroud Edmonds (1892 - 1984) [Step-sibling]
  Thomas T Edmonds (1895 - 1984) [Step-sibling]
  Manervia Edmonds Tyler (1895 - 1969) [Step-sibling]
  Joe W. Edmonds (1898 - 1979) [Step-sibling]
  Gurley Roosevelt Edmonds (1900 - 1994) [Step-sibling]
  Willard Edmonds (1902 - 1987) [Step-sibling]
  Hicks A. Edmonds (1905 - 1952) [Step-sibling]
  Laura Edwards (1910 - 1978) [Father was Unknown Edwards]
  Pansy Edwards Johnson (1914 - 2009) [Father was Unknown Edwards
  Harding A. Edmonds (1923 - 1986) Half-sibling
  Merdia Coledge Edmonds (1927 - 1971) Half-sibling
  
  Burial Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Landrum, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
  
  Created by Kelly Jane O Jan 16, 2012
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #83536242, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83536242
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Sources

• 1. Geneanet Messaging
• 2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 3. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 4. North Carolina Deaths, 1979-82
• 5. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
• 6. 1930 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 16 April, District 42-18, page 9A, Midnight Rd, Hse #152, Fam #153
• 7. Obituary of Odell Alonzo Edmonds 1981
• 8. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 9. 1920 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 14 January, Campobello Township, Enumeration District 82, page 7A, Hse/Fam #113