Notes for: John Davis Bodine

Here is a picture of John Davis Bodine's tombstone. This was sent to me by Nelva (Bodine) Chapline. He is buried in Sunny Lane Cemetery in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Grave of John Davis Bodine

And here is his picture. This was also sent to me by Nelva Chapline.

John Davis Bodine

His cemetery record is on-line at Rootsweb. It says this:

Name: John D. Bodine
Born: 23 Apr 1891
Died or Buried: 23 Jan 1961
Buried: Sunny Lane
Section: plot Section 3
County/State: Oklahoma, OK
Notes: WAGR. 33 Co., 165 Depot Brig., WW I

From Ronny Bodine (March 2, 2022):

On 9 June 1917, John Davis Bodine registered for the World War I draft in Oklahoma City. He reported he was single and farmed for himself. His gravestone in Sunny Lane Cemetery notes he served during World War I with the 33rd Company, 165th Depot Brigade.

From Grady County, Oklahoma Marriage Records:
John D. Bodine AND Inez Stout Holmes were married 31Aug 1929. [Note: Inez was 1st married 1912 in Lincoln Co., Okla. to Robert B. Holmes.]

From Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Court Records:
John D. Bodine AND Inez Bodine were divorced 23 April 1937.

The 1931 Oklahoma City Directory lists John D. and Inez Bodine as residents, but in the 1934 directory she is living alone.

From the Texas Death Certificate of Inez Stout Holmes, widow: born 3 Aug 1888 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Charles D. Stout and Anna B. Tynes; died 9 Feb 1981 in Beaumont, Jefferson County; buried Forest Lawn memorial Park, Beaumont. Evelyn Adair, informant.

In 1942, John Davis Bodine registered for the World War II Draft in Oklahoma City and reported his next of kin was J. C. Pybus.

Obituary, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.) of 25 Jan 1961.
Services are pending for John Davis Bodine, 69, of 3301 S. Harvey, who died Monday. Capitol Hill Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Bodine was active in the oil business, prior to his retirement. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and American Legion. He was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are two nieces, Mrs. Gus Land, 923 SW 57, and Mrs. Frank Reynolds, Barstow, Calif.

Funeral notice, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.) of 27 Jan 1961.
BODINE--John Davis, 3301 S. Harvey. Service 2 p.m. Friday in the Chapel of the Capitol Funeral Home. Interment Sunnylane.