When Odie Belle Altom was born on 15 March 1894, in Floral, Independence, Arkansas Territory, United States, her father, Henry Sanders Altom, was 35 and her mother, Laura Belle Jackson, was 28. She married Thomas Otho Bailey on 13 August 1918. She lived in Justice Precinct 7, Red River, Texas, United States in 1920 and Liberty Township, Independence, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 29 March 1975, in Floral, Independence, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Floral, Independence, Arkansas, United States.