Searching for awnser . Have working well and lots of problems with  aix any info would be  helpful  

Jon:

I knew Joann Goodwin.  She lived in Shreveport, and she passed away a number of years ago.  Her husband worked in O&G.  She'll be sadly missed.  Her honesty helped a certain family do quite well.

Jon,

It really is a small world. I just saw your message and accepted your Friend invitation. Yes, you and I are indeed related. Your grandfather Joe Odom was a first cousin of my father Obed Wood Odom, Sr. I have heard my father speak many times of his cousin Joe and also of Ruth and Grace. I remember that he said Joe married a sister of Olin Goodwin but I didn't remember her first name. He also said Joe had just one child, a daughter, so I guess she must be your mother Josephine.

What is weird is that my family lived at Colquitt on the old Odom homestead, and I went to school in Haynesville, but I never remember seeing Joe or Ruth and Grace, but I remember passing by the house on Hwy 79 where they lived  My father did see Joe occasionally in Haynesville I think.

Anyway, as you no doubt know, Joe's father was William L. (Billy) Odom, who was a brother of my grandfather Julius Andrew Odom. They were sons of Hiram Pittman Odom and Eliza Sims Odom, who moved to Colquitt from Macon Co., AL, around 1861(when Billy was about 1 year old) following the death of Eliza's father Joseph Sims. They moved onto the Joseph Sims homestead at Colquitt, which is where I grew up and where my sister Martha Harson still lives. Hiram and Eliza and many of their descendants are buried in Colquitt Cemetery.

I have a lot more genealogy info on the Odom and Sims families which I will be happy to share, and I would like to get more info on "Uncle Billy's" family. I think I remember my father saying that Joe was Billy's only son. but that he had maybe 6 daughters.. I think Billy married Clara Thornton, who was a relative of his mother Eliza.

Also, good luck to us both in this Brown Dense oil and gas play!

Best regards to a newly found cousin!

Obed