Having A Politically-Savvy Best Friend Made A Big Difference To Our Family
Mary Horne Odom was a great advocate for people and causes. One of the original mavericks.
My mother Lillian Secrest Buie’s next-door neighbor for a decade and best friend for 50 years was Mary Horne Odom, a fellow teacher in Scotland County. They provided each other with enormous emotional support through some very tough times. Mary Odom was close to a second mother or aunt to my three sisters and me. Her husband Dusty was like an uncle and …
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