[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11996]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING ALBERT HILL ODOM

  (Mr. BOYD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BOYD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor and pay tribute to Mr. Albert 
Hill Odom, a good friend and a loving husband and father, who passed 
away on June 6, 2006, at the age of 87.
  Mr. Odom was a great man who positively impacted many young lives, 
including my own. Mr. Odom was a 4-H extension agent for 30 years in 
Jefferson County, Florida. He taught me and many others so much, not 
only about the principles of 4-H, but also how to conduct ourselves in 
a respectful and professional way. We were all young farm boys whom he 
carried to places we had never been before.
  I am often asked who the most influential people in my life have 
been, and my answer is always, first, my father, then Albert Odom, my 
4-H agent. A lifelong mentor and role model, Albert Odom was a 
wonderful man who left the world a better place than he found it.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Albert Odom 
for his many achievements in life and the legacy that he leaves. I 
extend my deepest sympathy to the Odom family, including his wife, Dot, 
and his children, Carol and Martha. He will be greatly missed by his 
family and all who knew him.

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