CHARLESTON -- The Rev. Oda C. Masters, 83, of Charleston died Sunday, Dec. 29, 1991 at his home.
He was born Aug. 29, 1908, in Bollinger County, the son of Christopher Oda Augustus and Caroline Garland Masters. On Aug. 7, 1938, he married Mary Ethel Smith, who survives of the home.
He had lived in Charleston for the past six years. He was a retired Southern Baptist minister and a member of the Southside Baptist Church in Charleston.
Other survivors include three daughters, Sherrill Watson of Memphis, Tenn., Pat Haws of Charleston and Vickie Carroll of Kansas City; a brother, Arnold Masters of Kennett; and eight grandchildren.
Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
Friends may call this morning at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston until the time of funeral service at 2 p.m. The Rev. Glenn Rogers will officiate, and burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery in Charleston.
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