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Pody often said, "Every man needs two things, [[God]] and a job", as he devoted much of his pursuits in recent decades to job creation. He attended Grace [[Presbyterian]] Church in Alexandria. To everyone he used the parting comment "Be Blessed".<ref name=obit/>
Pody often said, "Every man needs two things, [[God]] and a job", as he devoted much of his pursuits in recent decades to job creation. He attended Grace [[Presbyterian]] Church in Alexandria. To everyone he used the parting comment "Be Blessed".<ref name=obit/>
Pody died at his home in Alexandria at the age of seventy-two. Services were held at Calvary [[Southern Baptst|Baptist]] Church in Alexandria. He is interred at the Mineral Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Dubach in Lincoln Parish.<ref name=obit/> From his marriage of nearly fifty years to the former Sherry Williamson (born 1943) of Alexandria, came three sons, Stanton Clark "Stan" Pody (born 1964) and wife Mary of Ruston, Shawn A. Pody (born 1966) and wife Kelly of Lebanon, [[Tennessee]], Chad Patrick Pody (born 1969) and wife Angie of Ruston, and one daughter, Sondra Pody Haygood (born 1970) and husband James Gregory Haygood (born 1966) of [[Wichita]], [[Kansas]]. He had a surviving sister, Lola Faye Pody Silmon (born 1932) of Downsville, Louisiana, and eleven grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>
Pody died at his home in Alexandria at the age of seventy-two. Services were held at Calvary [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Alexandria. He is interred at the Mineral Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Dubach in Lincoln Parish.<ref name=obit/> From his marriage of nearly fifty years to the former Sherry Williamson (born 1943) of Alexandria, came three sons, Stanton Clark "Stan" Pody (born 1964) and wife Mary of Ruston, Shawn A. Pody (born 1966) and wife Kelly of Lebanon, [[Tennessee]], Chad Patrick Pody (born 1969) and wife Angie of Ruston, and one daughter, Sondra Pody Haygood (born 1970) and husband James Gregory Haygood (born 1966) of [[Wichita]], [[Kansas]]. He had a surviving sister, Lola Faye Pody Silmon (born 1932) of Downsville, Louisiana, and eleven grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>
Pody's memory is honored by the Louisiana State University at Alexandria Foundation through the "Elton C. Pody Scholarship Fund".<ref name=obit/>
Pody's memory is honored by the Louisiana State University at Alexandria Foundation through the "Elton C. Pody Scholarship Fund".<ref name=obit/>