ROCKY MOUNT - LTC. David P. O'Dea, USA, Ret., age 76, passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019. Born in Niagara Falls, NY on November 28, 1942, he was the son of the late Lawrence Paul O'Dea and Rose Nemic O'Dea.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Mary Lou Mitchell O'Dea; son, David Paul O'Dea, Jr. and wife, Beverly, of Tacoma, WA; daughters, Ann-Marie Patrice O'Dea of Chesapeake, VA and Patricia Colleen O'Dea of Renton, WA; one grandson; his brother Lawrence Peter O'Dea and his wife, Suzanne, of Springfield, VA; and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 17, 2019 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Father Tim Meares officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 10 - 10:45 a.m. prior to the service in the Atrium of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home.

Burial will be held at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery with Full Military Honors.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Leukemia Research Foundation, 191 Waukegan Road, Suite 105, Northfield, IL 60093, or American Legion Rocky Mount Post 58, PO Box 8800, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 or Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2057, 11270 NC-97, Rocky Mount, NC 27803.