BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State officials and political leaders are paying tribute to the memory of longtime Commissioner of Agriculture Bob Odom, who died Saturday morning.
Gov. Bobby Jindal called Odom a champion for Louisiana agriculture. He ordered flags at state buildings flown at half-staff until Friday.
Mike Strain, who succeeded Odom after Odom dropped out of a 2007 runoff election, called him “a giant in the agriculture industry.” Strain credited Odom with modernizing the department.
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Louisiana Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Carter Peterson called Odom a “fierce advocate” for the agriculture industry and family farmers.
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