GB Odom (1942-2003) was a great man, a loving husband, father and grandfather. He was a man who worked hard providing for his family, always fixing something for someone, in the family or in the neighborhood. My father was a man of few words, but the love and legacy he left behind speaks volumes.My father was a man who always had a smile. He laughed and made others laugh. He loved playing with his grandchildren, making them laugh, sharing things with them he loved.
My father passed away in March of 2003 after a valiant battle with cancer. We know we will see him again one day, but his death has left a place in our hearts that is empty. We know there are couples out there that have an empty place in their hearts longing to be filled. That there are children who need homes and a loving family, that have an empty place in their hearts as well. Our hope is that through this fund hearts will be joined and filled with love, laughter, and joy, filling an empty place we are all too familiar with.
Dad would have wanted to help put smiles on faces and love in hearts!
This legacy fund was established by Mike, Michelle, Zach, and Alyssa Odom in memory of their father and grandfather.
To DONATE BY MAIL, please make out the check to ABBA Fund (do not write the family name on the physical check, which will invalidate the charitable aspect of your gift ... instead either print out this page to send with it or include a separate note to request that we preference your gift toward the family profiled on this page) -- then mail your check and preference request to:
ABBA Fund, PO BOX 868049, Plano, TX 75086-8049
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**AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION FROM ABBA FUND ABOUT YOUR DONATION**
Using the online form on this page automatically submits a request to preference your gift to the family profiled on this page as part of ABBA Fund’s Christian Family Adoption Grant Fund. ABBA Fund administers this fund and maintains full control and administration of all donated funds. We also strive to honor our donor’s preference requests in accordance with IRS and Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) guidelines.
The IRS allows donors to state a preference of how their contribution is used and request that the gift support a particular family — and it allows the charitable organization (ABBA Fund) to fully consider that request as long as the donor understands and acknowledges for charitably given tax-deductible gifts that the ultimate authority regarding the disposition of your gift is at the discretion of the charitable organization. By using this online form, or other method described above, you are acknowledging an understanding of those IRS guidelines.