Mr. James Odis Mears

March 26, 1958 - April 30, 2021

Mr. James Odis Mears, age 63, of Shelbyville, passed away Friday, April 30, 2021. Funeral services will be 1 PM Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. The family will receive visitors 4-8 PM Monday at the funeral home. He was born March 26, 1958, in Mt. Hope, Alabama, to the late Odis Kermit and Martie Marie Johnson Mears. He was a farmer, and loved car racing. At the local track, he drove No. 81. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a brother, R.J. Mears. Survivors include a daughter, Alexis Hatfield and her husband Dusty, of Shelbyville; grandchildren, Devan James Barb and Cadance Ezland Barb; great grandchild, Annalise Patch; brothers, and sisters, Pearl Douglas, Burlus Mears, and his wife LaVerne, Kermit Eugene Mears, Lena Channeyn, Andy Mears, and his wife Billie Jo, John Henry Mears, and his wife Heather; his companion, Mary Lacey Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family.