Rites held for Oda McClain

Oda McClain, 58, of Smoot Creek, died August 7 at Isom.

A son of the late Coy and Mae Brock McClain, he was a brother of the late Wendell Ray McClain, Billy Wayne Taulbee, Ruby Taulbee, Martha Maggard, Betty Lucas and Thelma Gibson.

Surviving are his wife, Josephine McClain; two sons, Christopher Shane McClain, Whitesburg, and Benny Carlisle Mc- Clain and wife Katrina of Smoot Creek; a daughter, Ethel Mae Potter and husband Matt of Hemphill; a brother, Lonzo McClain of Sandlick; a sister, Ada Lee Bailey of Smoot Creek; and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services were held August 11 at Letcher Funeral Home in Whitesburg. Burial was in Sycamore Flats Cemetery at Smoot Creek.