William Leander O'Dell

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Leander O'Dell, 68, of Rt. 5, Bristol Tennessee, died at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Bristol Memorial Hospital. Prior to his retirement in 1972, O'Dell served for 42 years in the Sullivan County School System as teacher and also principal at Emmett School and Sunrise School. He was a charter member of Holston Valley Ruritan Club and a member of Central Holston Christian Church where he was an elder. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Eileen L. O'Dell; one son, Bill O'Dell, LaCross [sic], Wis.; one daughter, Miss Carol O'Dell, of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Witcher, Bristol, Mrs. Sarah O'Dell, Bluff City, Tenn., Mrs. Nancy Kinchloe, Knoxville, Tenn.; two brothers, Charles O'Dell and Claude O'Dell, both of Bristol; two grandchildren also survive.

O'Dell - Funeral services for Leander O'Dell will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday from Central Holston Christian Church with Wayne Emery, minister, and Howard Taylor, minister, officiating. Burial will follow in the Shipley Cemetery. Pallbearers will be nephews and honorary pallbearers will be Dr. N. J. Chew: Dr. Charles Harkerader, Dr. Sarfraz A. Zaidi, elders of the Central Holston Christian Church, and members of the South Holston Ruritan Club. The body will remain at the Akard Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.

William married Eileen Lunsford about 1938 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee. Eileen was born on 18 Jun 1918 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee; died on 22 Dec 2002 in Lee County, , , Florida; was buried in Shipley Cemetery, , Sullivan County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]