Ethel, LA - On the afternoon of August 6, 2026, James Larry Odom (88) went to be with the Lord. He was the oldest of ten children born to Leonard Cecil Odom and Eula Irine Amerson Odom. James graduated from McKowen High School and went on to work for Standard Oil and Texas Eastern before eventually opening Big Star Supermarket (now Star Supermarket) in Jackson. James loved Louisiana because of the food, LSU Athletics, sometimes the Saints, and the ability to be outside basically year-round. James is survived by his wife, his two sons Jim Odom (Kelley) and Joel Odom (Cecelia), his three grandchildren Jackie Odom, Austin (Victoria) Odom and Julie Odom, his sisters Barbara Odom, Donna Beene (Charlie), Brenda Williams (Carl Ray), Becky Graham (David), and Linda Lanoue (Gene), sisters-in-law Virginia Osborn and Brenda Donze (Jesse) and numerous nieces and nephews.