Hey, y’all. It had been awhile, but I’ll bet I’ve interviewed south OKC developer P.B. Odom III more than a dozen times for news features about Rivendell , his flagship neighborhood, and his commercial projects such as Chatenay Square and 240 Penn Park , but I never met his father, Paul Odom Jr., who died last week.
I was still honored − and more than a little startled − to hear what P.B. had to say about his father (see why in the first story linked below). Sometimes, “Wow” is all you can say. Read his full obituary here , minus the wow parts. P.B. told me there was just too much to tell during his celebration of life at Southern Hills Baptist Church.
I always, always, think of Ye Olde South Oklahoma City when I interview P.B. Odom III, who has always hoisted the South OKC banner high. Here’s why, from something I wrote in 2003: “State should follow South Oklahoma City’s example.”
SOUTH OKLAHOMA − That’s a ghost of a dateline, harking to 1890, the last time South Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City were two separate things and not just in people’s minds and emotions.