Notes for: Stephen ("Steve") Gasaway Bodine, Sr.

From Ronny Bodine:

1st marriage--1914--FLORENCE UPSHAW.
From Montgomery County, Arkansas Marriage Records:
Stephen Bodine, 22 AND Florence Upshaw, 17, both of Womble, Montgomery County, were married 20 May 1914 by John T. Barr, Minister of the Presbyterian Church.

From Arkansas Death Records:
Florence E. Bodine died 4 June 1917 in Pulaski County.

2nd marriage--1917--EFFA ROBERSON.
From Polk County, Arkansas Marriage Records:
Stephen Bodine, 25 AND Effa Roberson, 18, both of Mena, Polk County, were married 29 Oct 1917 by D. C. Bodine.

3rd marriage--1920--MITTIE M. LUMSDEN.
From Craighead County, Arkansas:
Stephen Bodine, 28, of Rich Mountain, Polk County, Arkansas AND Mettie Simpson Canamore, 28, of Lake City, Craighead County, Arkansas were married 20 May 1920 by W. A. Maywood, J.P.

Mittie Lumsden was 1st married to Oliver Simpson, both named in the Social Security Record of their daughter Opal Carrie Simpson Wingfield (1915-2005). Mittie Simpson married Mack Canamore on 20 Jan 1918 in Arkansas.

1930 Big Creek, Craighead Co., AR: Stephen G. BODINE 38 IL farmer, Mittie E. 38 AL wife, Maline H. 6 AR dau, James E. SIMPSON 16 AR step-son, Opel SIMPSON 14 AR step-dau. Married 22 years.

From Arkansas Death Records:
Mittie M. Bodine died 12 Jan 1931 in Craighead County.

Mittie Bodine was buried in Trinity Cemetery, Bono, Craighead County, Arkansas.

4th marriage--1933--JUANITA ALLEEN JONES.
From Craighead County, Arkansas Marriage Records:
Stephen G. Bodine AND Juanita Jones, both of Jonesboro, were married 2 Oct 1933 by D. B. Minton.

1940 Bald Hill, Jefferson Co., IL: Steve BODINE 45 IL, Juanita 30 AR wife, Dicey Lou 5 AR dau, Daisy 2 IL dau. residence on 1 April 1935: Mt. Vernon, Jefferson Co., Ill.

From Social Security Applications and Claims:
Juanita Alleen Bodine applied for a SSN in June 1958 and reported she was born 17 June 1913 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, dau. of Joseph A. & Mary L. (Sammons) Jones. She died 4 Oct 1995.


Stephen Bodine was buried in South Hickory Hill Christian Church Cemetery, Jefferson County. His grave marker bears the date of his birth as 17 Aug 1888, one year before his parents married, whereas the 1900 census records the date as Aug 1891. When he registered for the World War I draft on 5 June 1917 in Mena, Polk County, Arkansas, he gave his birth date as 17 Aug 1893 and stated he was single. In 1942, he registered for the World War II draft as a resident of Randolph, Arkansas and again gave his birth date as 17 Aug 1893.

Obituary, The Register-News (Mount Vernon, Ill.) of 24 June 1970.
Stephen G. Bodine, 76, of Rt. 1, Woodlawn, died at 12:30 a.m. today at St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia. Funeral services for Mr. Bodine will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Myers Chapel. The body will lie in state at Myers Chapel where friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Thursday. Mr. Bodine was born Aug. 17, 1893, in Jefferson county. He was married to Jaunita Jones, who survives. Mr. Bodine was a member of the Webb Baptist church. He was retired from the Jefferson County Highway Dept. Besides his wife, he is survived by six daughters, Opal Wingfield and Molean Mooney, both of Mt. Vernon, Dicey Jamerson of Tuscola, Daisy Whobrey of Decatur, Edna Long of Springfield, and Louise Wells of Centralia; two sons, Emil Simpson, of Benton, Ark., and Steve Bodine, Jr., of Irving, Ill.; a brother, John Bodine of Indiana; two sisters, Mae Wehunt and Ruth Casada, both of Mt. Vernon; and 23 grandchildren.