MRS. ODESSA BERKHALTER- DAUGHTER OF THE FRANK EADY AND CORRIE BOGGS EADY WAS THE BORN THE YOUNGEST BABY GIRL IN THE FAMILY OF SIX CHILDREN. SHE WAS BORN AUGUST 29,1918 IN LIBERTY,SOUTH CAROLINA. SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON SATURDAY,DECEMBER 5,2015 WITH THE LORD. IN 1947 THE LATE JAMES P. BERKHALTER AND ODESSA E. BERKHALTER WERE UNITED IN MARRIAGE. TO THIS UNION JAMES P. BERKHALTER JR. WAS BORN. JAMES JR WAS A 1967 GRADUATE OF PRINCETON HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT ON TO STUDY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOR TWO YEARS. HE THEN WENT INTO THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WHERE HE SPENT FOUR YEARS.HE LATER WENT TO GRAUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI,MAJORING IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. ODESSA E. BERKHALTER WAS A PROUD DOWN HOME,SOUTHEN GIRL ,WHO LOVED COOKING SWEET POTATOE PIES AND SOUTHERN FOODS. SHE WAS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE VILLAGE OF LINCOLN HEIGHTS AND LATER THE CITY. OF LINCOLN HEIGHTS. ONE OF THE FIRST ALL BLACK CITY'S IN THIS COUNTRY. ODESSA WAS A PROUD MEMBER OF THIS CITY AND FAITHFUL MEMBER OF ST.SIMON OF CYRENE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. ONE OF THE OLDEST MEBERS OF THIS CHURCH. SHE USED TO CALL THIS CITY A VILLAGE AND SHE LOVED MEETING AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE. SHE LOVED HELPING PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO HELP THEMSELVES. SHE LOVED GOING TO THE MOVIES AND VENTURING OUT TO CIVIC EVENTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE. SHE HAS JOINED OF HER CLOSES FRIENDS,MRS. STONE AND MRS. SMITH IN HEAVEN. SHE WILL BE MISSED. IN HER LAST DAYS OF LIFE SHE BECAME SICK AND WENT TO LIVE WITH HER SON IN INDIANAPOLIS,IN. SHE LOVED HER GRAND CHILDREN AND HER DAUGHTER IN LAW,CHARLENE CHINA BERKHALTER,WHO GAVE BIRTH TO TWO SONS, GARRICK DEWBY BERKHALTER,AND JAMES P. BERKHALTER 111. DEWBY GAVE HER TWO GREAT GRAND KIDS, SYDNI LENAI BERKHALTER,WHO IS A SENIOR AT PRINCETON HIGH WITH A 4.2 GRADE POINT AVERAGE, AND STERLING M. BERKHALTER WHO IS AN OUTSTANDING ATHELETE AT PRINCETON HIGH ALSO. HE IS A CUT AFTER HIS DAD WHO WAS A HELL OF ATHELETE AT PRINCETON HIGH ALSO. SHE LIVED A CLEAN AND A VERY GOOD LIFE WHILE LIVING IN INDIANAPOLIS OFTEN ATTENDING CONCERTS AT MERRIVILLE,IN. MAY SHE RIP IN HEAVEN.

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