Lois Louise Odom Lockett was born on April 13, 1951 in Rich Square, North Carolina to the late Missie Tann Odom and Howard Odom, Sr. She departed this life on May 22, 2020 at Centra Southside Community Hospital in Farmville, Virginia. She resided in Rich Square, NC, then relocated to Paterson, New Jersey in 1965, before relocating to Prospect, VA in 1991. She received her education at W.S. Creecy Public School System in Rich Square.