Las Sabinas, Volume 4, Number 1, July 1978 Page: 41
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And indeed it must have been. For Gladys had proceeded to
re-enact the experience for me and her ecstasy was unmistakable -
she has found her God. And wonder of wonders, her daughter, Eva
who at 76 is confined to the Bridge City Nursing Home, called
her mother to tell her the Holy Ghost had come to her as she lay
in her bed.
"Religion comes from God in Heaven - not a Church." After
the almost compulsive telling of her religious experiences,
Gladys Odom was satisfied to talk to me of her former life. She
is most sensitive, compassionate woman. Young in body and mind
to be almost a century old, she is a very active person.
After selling the rooming house on Market Street to Harding
and Lawler, Gladys and her husband, P. D. Odom, moved to West
Orange where she still lives alone. Her main problems are in
connection with rental property which is in great need of repair.
"I can't find anybody to do the work," she said.
Mrs. Clara (Leon) Mendoza of Orange is a daughter of Gladys.
She also had two sons, Simon Broussard, and Nemis Broussard, who
died at 8 months.
When not busy otherwise, Mrs. Odom is reading her Bible.
This is a French language edition, and her treasure. Gladys,
though educated inthe Acadian schools of her native Louisiana,
could not read or write in the English language when she came to
Orange.
She soon found it to her advantage to speak the language
used by every one else and also to read it. For some reason,41.
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 4, Number 1, July 1978, periodical, January 1978; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255383/m1/49/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Orange County Historical Society.