Odelia Cotton

Odelia Cotton, 90, of Rock Island, passed away Saturday, June 30, 2018 at her home.  Funeral services for Ms. Cotton will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday at Second Baptist Church, Rock Island.  Visitation will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, 3030 7^th Ave., Rock Island.  Burial will be in Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island.  Memorials may be made to Second Baptist Church, Rock Island. 

Odelia was born on April 8, 1928 in Preston, Miss., a daughter of Marcus “Tee” and Gussie (Baker) Hudson.  She married Willie R. Cotton on February 11, 1945 in DeKalb, Miss. and 4 children were born to their union.  Odelia worked at the Rock Island Arsenal for 26 years, retiring as a Receiving Department Supervisor in 1990.  She was a dedicated member of Second Baptist Church for over 65 years.  Odelia loved bowling and bowled 6 days a week on several leagues.  She was an avid basketball player who was very competitive.  Odelia also enjoyed playing cards, traveling, and she was known as a great Southern cook.

Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Samme Montgomery, Davenport, Willie Cotton, Jr., Dorothy Cotton and Evelyn (Walter) Day and a foster son, Tervarus Morrow, all of Rock Island; grandchildren, Darrin, Anthony, Falena, Leila, Willie III, Quanishia, Nashun, Anthony, Kelly and Shanette; 9 great grandchildren; siblings, Helen Carruthers, Rock Island, Delsine Hearst and Christine Harrison, Omaha, Neb.; godchildren, Lonnie Boyd, Debbie Marshall, Sharon Wilson; and many other loving family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; 6 brothers, Luther, Sylvester, L.T., Charles, Milton and J.B. Hudson and 2 sisters, Lorine Gatheright and Willie B. Glispie.

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