Notes for: Frances Evelyn Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

From Starr County, Texas Marriage Records:
Oscar L. Martin AND Frances Bodine were married 3 Aug 1942.

From Texas Death Records:
Oscar Martin Sr. died 12 July 1986 in Tarrant County.
Frances Martin died 5 Jan 1988 in Tarrant County.

From Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram of Sunday, 13 July 1986.
A 72-year-old man was found dead at an east Fort Worth stable. The dead man was Oscar L. Martin of 2201 N. Chandler. An autopsy will be performed, but it appeared that Martin suffered a heart attack while taking care of his granddaughter's horse at a 4100 E. First St. stable. Martin collapsed and was pawed by the horse before his body was discovered, police said.

Obituary, Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram of Thurs, 7 Jan 1988.
Frances E. Martin died Tuesday in her Fort Worth residence. She was 68. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Mount Olivet Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. Martin was born in Maybank. She was a retired nurse for Harris Methodist Fort Worth for about 30 years. She retired in 1981. She was a member of Springdale Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Survivors include one son, Oscar Martin Jr. of Fort Worth; her father, C.C. Bodine of Hugo, Okla.; one brother, Johnny Bodine of Hugo; one sister, Mary Alice Coats of Arlington; and two grandchildren. [Note: The obituary notes Evelyn was born in Maybank which is in Henderson and Kaufman counties, but according to Texas birth records she was born in adjacent Van Zandt County.]

Burials in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorials Nos. 108240256 &108240242)
Oscar L. Martin SSGT US Army World War II Aug 7 1913 Jul 12 1986
Frances E. Martin July 17, 1919 Jan 5, 1988

Children: Oscar Loumis Jr. (1948), Jimmy Donald (1950).