Notes for: John Robert ("Bob") Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

From Jefferson County, Alabama Marriage Records:
John Robert Bodine Jr., 28, of Birmingham, Ala., salesman, born 18 Aug 1911 in Peoria, Ill., son of John Robert Bodine Sr. & Verlie Verna Harris AND Helen Crossin Phillips, 22, of Birmingham, Ala., stenographer, born 30 Oct 1917 in Birmingham, Ala., daughter of Barney C. Phillips & Luella Gackle, were married 22 Aug 1940 in Birmingham. [Note: Obviously the clerk reversed the names of the mothers for each.]

Obituary, The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Ala.) of 26 March 2000.
BODINE, MRS. HELEN PHILLIPS, age 82, of Birmingham, died March 25, 2000. She was a lifelong member of East Lake United Methodist Church, and was preceded in death by her husband, Bob Bodine; and her daughter, Bobra Bodine. Visitation is Sunday from 5:30-8:00 P.M. Graveside at Jefferson Memorial Gardens will be Monday, March 27, 2000 at 3:00 P.M. Rev. Bob Gunn officiating. Survivors: daughter, Jean Price of Birmingham; grandchildren, Bo, Brent, and Brad Price; sister, Dorothy Massey of Birmingham. Memorials may be made to East Lake Untied Methodist Church. Reobuck Chapel directing.