Individual Details
Effie Elizabeth Howell
(February 8, 1874 - May 13, 1937)
1900 Indian Territory census (Chickasaw), Pickens, Oklahoma.
"Funeral services for Mrs. Effie Odell, 63, who died May 13, the day after coming to Kern County from Chino, were conducted at the graveside in Union cemetery at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, with the Reverend J. D. Page officiating. Hopson Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Odell was the wife of J. W. Odell, and was a native of Oklahoma." (Obituary, local newspaper clipping, May 15, 1937.)
Some information from death certificate - Book 10, page 134, Kern County, California.
Information and their sources for the family and descendants of Effie and Joe O'Dell was supplied by Susan Baca, 2908 Colanthe Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102, email: rbaca@prodigy.net>, April 2000.
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Nettie Mae Fortenberry gave the first name of Effie Howell Odell as Mary, but her tombstone shows Effie Elizabeth O'Dell. Nettie had also said she had died in Oklahoma, but this is also incorrect.)
"Funeral services for Mrs. Effie Odell, 63, who died May 13, the day after coming to Kern County from Chino, were conducted at the graveside in Union cemetery at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, with the Reverend J. D. Page officiating. Hopson Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Odell was the wife of J. W. Odell, and was a native of Oklahoma." (Obituary, local newspaper clipping, May 15, 1937.)
Some information from death certificate - Book 10, page 134, Kern County, California.
Information and their sources for the family and descendants of Effie and Joe O'Dell was supplied by Susan Baca, 2908 Colanthe Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102, email: rbaca@prodigy.net>, April 2000.
(NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: Nettie Mae Fortenberry gave the first name of Effie Howell Odell as Mary, but her tombstone shows Effie Elizabeth O'Dell. Nettie had also said she had died in Oklahoma, but this is also incorrect.)
Events
| Birth | February 8, 1874 | Comanche County, Texas | |||
| Marriage | December 8, 1898 | Center Point, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) - Joseph "Joe" Whitten Odell | |||
| Death | May 13, 1937 | Bakersfield, Kern County, California | |||
| Burial | May 15, 1937 | Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, Kern County, California |
Families
| Spouse | Joseph "Joe" Whitten Odell (1871 - 1941) |
| Child | Zora Odell (1900 - 1974) |
| Child | Marie Odell ( - 1941) |
| Child | Lucy Odell ( - 1941) |
| Child | Emma Bell Odell (1904 - 1978) |
| Child | William "Bill" Odell (1909 - 1980) |
| Child | Cleave "Short" Odell (1916 - 1998) |
| Child | Raymond Odell ( - ) |
| Father | William David Howell (1838 - 1914) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Hanson (1843 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Martha Jane "Mattie" Howell (1866 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Ellen Bethania "Ella" Howell (1867 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Lucreta Angeline "Ann" "Annie" Howell (1872 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Howell (1876 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Charlie J. Howell (1879 - ) |
| Sibling | Ada "Adell" C. "Ade" Howell (1884 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Ida Gentry "Ide" Howell (1884 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Dora "Dade" Etta Howell (1887 - 1953) |