Odelia C. Billings
1912 - 2002 (89 years)
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Name Odelia C. Billings Born 17 Feb 1912 New Orleans, Louisiana 
Gender Female Died 17 Jan 2002 Chicago, Illinois Buried 19 Jan 2002 Burr Oak Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois Person ID I75 Our Extended Family and History Last Modified 19 Aug 2019
Mother Rosena Dorothy Gaylor, b. 01 Jan 1875, Jefferson, Mississii , d. 30 Aug 1953, Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Age 78 years) Photos 
The Billings Family, abt 1938
A Billings Family Photo abt 1938. We are currently sending this photo off for digital photo restoration. Please donate from the front page to help offset costs.
From Left to Right:
Odelia, Marie, Hezekiah, Virgie Lee, Elsie
Bertha, Rosena Gaylor, Rev. Charles F. Billings
The Billings Family, abt 1938
A Billings Family Photo abt 1938. We are currently sending this photo off for digital photo restoration. Please donate from the front page to help offset costs.
From Left to Right:
Odelia, Marie, Hezekiah, Virgie Lee, Elsie
Bertha, Rosena Gaylor, Rev. Charles F. BillingsFamily ID F28 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 17 Feb 1912 - New Orleans, Louisiana 
Died - 17 Jan 2002 - Chicago, Illinois 
Buried - 19 Jan 2002 - Burr Oak Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos Odelia (Billings) Powell McLemore 
Odelia McLemore with her adopted son (Virginia's Son), Jason McLemore II.
Odelia McLemore with her adopted son (Virginia's Son), Jason McLemore II. Odelia raised Jason. But his birth mother was Virginia Penn (who was given Finley later). Jason's grandfather is Raymond Penn. Odelia was considered the Matriarch of the Finley kids. She was a mother to everyone. - R. Finley…
Odelia Standing Odelia (Billings) Powell McLemore Odelia McLemore with her adopted son (Virginia's Son), Jason McLemore II.
Odelia McLemore with her adopted son (Virginia's Son), Jason McLemore II. Odelia raised Jason. But his birth mother was Virginia Penn (who was given Finley later). Jason's grandfather is Raymond Penn. Odelia was considered the Matriarch of the Finley kids. She was a mother to everyone. - R. Finley… (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)Odelia Standing
Documents 
Odelia Powell Billings McLemore Obituary
Odelia Powell Billings McLemore Obituary. This is the outside cover.
Odelia Billings Powell McLemore Obituary
Odelia Billings Powell McLemore Obituary. The Inside of the program with Obituary.
Odelia Powell Billings McLemore Obituary
Odelia Powell Billings McLemore Obituary. This is the outside cover.Odelia Billings Powell McLemore Obituary
Odelia Billings Powell McLemore Obituary. The Inside of the program with Obituary.
Recordings 
Cynthia Interviews Odelia Billings Powell
In January, Day 18, 1998. Cynthia Audrey Day/Finley interviewed Odelia. Daughter of Reverend Charles Franklin Billings.
This is Part I.
>> LINK TO DOWNLOAD <<
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Notes - Odelia C. Billings is considered the matriarch of the Billings descendants.
As a young woman, Odelia worked for The American Red Cross during World War II.
Odelia had a wonderful business mind and later became a successful real estate investor and developer.
She was known as kind and generous. She helped raise her brother's children and she adopted her neice's (Virginia) child and named him Jason McLemore II.
Odelia loved to play cards with her sisters Elsie, Marie and Virgie and spend time at the summer home they built in Michigan.
Odelia was the last of the Charles Billings kids and the last to leave us.
Some documents have displayed her married name as McLamore. But her Obituary states, McLemore.
Algernon C. Finley Sr recalls that Odelia had two small dogs, a Poodle and a Boxer. Both animals were spoiled beyond belief. The Poodle claimed the front passenger side of Odelia's car and would growl, bark and whine if someone took his place. The Boxer would jump up and snap at house guests.
- Odelia C. Billings is considered the matriarch of the Billings descendants.