Individual Details
Odie Leroy Spann
(17 May 1910 - 29 May 1994)
Medical: Heart disease, No High blood pressure, No Stroke, No Cancer, No Addictions, No Alzheimer's, No Mental illness, No Diabetes
Odie Leroy Spann was born at Sorghum Bend, Texas, 15 miles south of Seymour, on the Brazos River, on Tuesday, May 17, 1910, to Ernest Leroy and Evie Ann Hutchison Spann.
Odie remembered that the family made syrup and syrup candy when they lived there. They lived near Seymour, Texas, until Odie was 6 years of age. His father, Ernest Spann, worked in an oil mill (extracting oil from cottonseed) and also worked in the cotton gins.
The family moved to Chilicothe and Odie started school and they lived there till he was 11 years old. Odie remembered that in about 1919 at Christmastime going to visit his grandparents in Kress in Swisher County, Texas(north of Plainview). Ernest hadn't seen his parents for about nine years and they made enough money picking cotton to ride the train to Kress.
In the Spring of 1920, they moved to Buffalo Flatts, northeast of Chilicothe, where they lived in two tents. Odie remembered that it rained a lot and one night one of the tent stakes came loose. The rain was blowing into the tent and Ernest got the churn and used it to drive the stake back into the ground. Times were hard, but they did have a milk cow and they had milk and mush when there wasn't much other food. Odie remembered his Grandpa John Henry Hutchison (his mother's father) coming to visit while they lived in Chilicothe.
The family moved to Wichita Falls where Ernest got a job in an oil mill. Ernie Carver, who was the son of Alice Carver, first cousin to Grandpa J. H. Hutchison, helped them move from Chilicothe to Wichita Falls with his Model-T Ford truck. Then the family moved to Burkburnett, where the oil fields were booming. Ernie Carver, his brother Huey (both sons of Alice), Pud Wall, Odie Hutchison, and some other kin-folks worked in the oil fields. Odie celebrated his 12th birthday and learned to swim in a stock tank on his own. His mother had told him not to swim in the tank by himself, and needless to say, she was kind of upset.
They moved back to Wichita Falls in the Fall of 1923, to a farm 15 miles West out of Wichita Falls. They raised 4 cotton crops in the 4 years they were there. While they were there, the man who owned the land was going to pay Ernest and his sons Odie and Charley to grub mesquite for a new field. But the job of grubbing and also farming proved to be too much, so the owner hired Mexicans.
Charley left home sometime around 1926 or so, and traveled out on his own.
Maudie married Ernest Melvin (Happy) Cox October 31, 1926. Maudie and Happy traveled around with their own medicine show for several years, and Odie went with them one time for a little while. Maudie could sing and play a guitar, and Happy played a steel guitar. Odie played a guitar and sang a little bit. He traveled with them only a few weeks.
In the Fall or Winter of 1928, the family moved to Jack County, southwest of Jacksboro, where they tried, unsuccessfully, to raise a corn crop. Ernest Spann acquired a row binder and they cut feed for the other farmers.
In 1929 or 1930, the family moved to Sand Flatt, near Chico, in Wise County. Odie went back to Jack County and stayed with different people and did farm work. He worked for Mr. Collier in Burwick Community and also for the Sam Newman family in Burwick.
Odie Spann met and married Mary Hughes in Senate Community at Brother Doc Dane's house on June 26, 1933. Brother Dane was working in the field and he came to the house and said he would change clothes, but they told him that wasn't necessary, so Brother Dane put on a clean shirt and tie with his overalls and married the young couple. Two women and the preacher's wife were canning that day so they had plenty of witnesses.
Doc Dane later pastored a church in Weatherford, Texas in the 1950's, and he had two sons.
Believe that M.G. (Dock) Dane who is buried in Lone Star Cemetery, 5 miles west of Poolville, Texas, is the Doc Dane who married Odie and Mary. M.G. (Dock) Dane, born Jan 24, 1894, died July 4, 1979, wife Ona Dee Dane, born Dec 21, 1896, died Dec 10, 1980.
Odie Leroy Spann was born at Sorghum Bend, Texas, 15 miles south of Seymour, on the Brazos River, on Tuesday, May 17, 1910, to Ernest Leroy and Evie Ann Hutchison Spann.
Odie remembered that the family made syrup and syrup candy when they lived there. They lived near Seymour, Texas, until Odie was 6 years of age. His father, Ernest Spann, worked in an oil mill (extracting oil from cottonseed) and also worked in the cotton gins.
The family moved to Chilicothe and Odie started school and they lived there till he was 11 years old. Odie remembered that in about 1919 at Christmastime going to visit his grandparents in Kress in Swisher County, Texas(north of Plainview). Ernest hadn't seen his parents for about nine years and they made enough money picking cotton to ride the train to Kress.
In the Spring of 1920, they moved to Buffalo Flatts, northeast of Chilicothe, where they lived in two tents. Odie remembered that it rained a lot and one night one of the tent stakes came loose. The rain was blowing into the tent and Ernest got the churn and used it to drive the stake back into the ground. Times were hard, but they did have a milk cow and they had milk and mush when there wasn't much other food. Odie remembered his Grandpa John Henry Hutchison (his mother's father) coming to visit while they lived in Chilicothe.
The family moved to Wichita Falls where Ernest got a job in an oil mill. Ernie Carver, who was the son of Alice Carver, first cousin to Grandpa J. H. Hutchison, helped them move from Chilicothe to Wichita Falls with his Model-T Ford truck. Then the family moved to Burkburnett, where the oil fields were booming. Ernie Carver, his brother Huey (both sons of Alice), Pud Wall, Odie Hutchison, and some other kin-folks worked in the oil fields. Odie celebrated his 12th birthday and learned to swim in a stock tank on his own. His mother had told him not to swim in the tank by himself, and needless to say, she was kind of upset.
They moved back to Wichita Falls in the Fall of 1923, to a farm 15 miles West out of Wichita Falls. They raised 4 cotton crops in the 4 years they were there. While they were there, the man who owned the land was going to pay Ernest and his sons Odie and Charley to grub mesquite for a new field. But the job of grubbing and also farming proved to be too much, so the owner hired Mexicans.
Charley left home sometime around 1926 or so, and traveled out on his own.
Maudie married Ernest Melvin (Happy) Cox October 31, 1926. Maudie and Happy traveled around with their own medicine show for several years, and Odie went with them one time for a little while. Maudie could sing and play a guitar, and Happy played a steel guitar. Odie played a guitar and sang a little bit. He traveled with them only a few weeks.
In the Fall or Winter of 1928, the family moved to Jack County, southwest of Jacksboro, where they tried, unsuccessfully, to raise a corn crop. Ernest Spann acquired a row binder and they cut feed for the other farmers.
In 1929 or 1930, the family moved to Sand Flatt, near Chico, in Wise County. Odie went back to Jack County and stayed with different people and did farm work. He worked for Mr. Collier in Burwick Community and also for the Sam Newman family in Burwick.
Odie Spann met and married Mary Hughes in Senate Community at Brother Doc Dane's house on June 26, 1933. Brother Dane was working in the field and he came to the house and said he would change clothes, but they told him that wasn't necessary, so Brother Dane put on a clean shirt and tie with his overalls and married the young couple. Two women and the preacher's wife were canning that day so they had plenty of witnesses.
Doc Dane later pastored a church in Weatherford, Texas in the 1950's, and he had two sons.
Believe that M.G. (Dock) Dane who is buried in Lone Star Cemetery, 5 miles west of Poolville, Texas, is the Doc Dane who married Odie and Mary. M.G. (Dock) Dane, born Jan 24, 1894, died July 4, 1979, wife Ona Dee Dane, born Dec 21, 1896, died Dec 10, 1980.
Events
| Birth | 17 May 1910 | Seymour, Baylor, Texas, United States | |||
| Marriage | 26 Jun 1933 | Jack, Texas, United States - Mary Hughes | |||
| Death | 29 May 1994 | heart attack - Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States | |||
| Burial | Evergreen Cemetery, Lipan, Hood, Texas, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Hughes (1917 - 2009) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Edwina Belle Spann (1934 - 2000) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Johnny Leroy Spann (1945 - 2009) |