Rev. Odie Gregg
By Staff
March 20, 2010
Funeral for Rev. Odie Gregg, 87, of Hartselle was Tues., Mar. 23, at 2 p.m. at Salem United Methodist Church with the Revs. Michael Mason and Lillian Eddleman officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing.
Burial was in Salem Cemetery.
Rev. Gregg died Sat., Mar. 20, 2010. He was born June 7, 1922, in Winston County to Doc Gregg and Sarah Belle Collins Gregg. He was a United Methodist Church Minister and preached in various churches in the North Alabama Conference from 1942 to 1996. He was a minister at Salem, Eva, Hamby’s Chapel, Center Springs and Mt. Tabor United Methodist Churches in Morgan County. He will be remembered for his ability to quote scriptures and his knowledge of the Bible. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Rebecca Gregg; and a granddaughter, Leah Rebecca Brown.
He is survived by two sons, Joseph Gregg and wife Nita of Lake Jackson, Tex. and Timothy Gregg and fianc/ Chastity Pressnell of Hartselle; four daughters, Sara Brown and husband Cecil of Ragland, Janet Carroll and husband Jody of Montgomery, Rene Stiles and husband Matt of Falkville and Anna Calvert and husband Ricky of Vinemont; eight grandchildren, Gregg Brown, David Gregg, Daniel Gregg, Joshua Carroll, Hannah Carroll, Bethany Carroll, Meredith Ann Calvert and Rylea Presnell.
Pallbearers were Jody Carroll, Joshua Carroll, Ricky Calvert, Cecil Brown, Gregg Brown and Matt Stiles. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Gideons International.