Notes for: Norman Elliott Bodine, Sr.
From: Chandra Ewen [chandraewen at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Subject: Norman Elliot Bodine sr
Hi- I stumbled across your site while looking for information for my daughter for her family tree.
Norman Bodine Sr. Was my grandfather- although I never met him.
His marriage to Catherine produced 3 children- Denise "dee" Bodine- not sure of her married name- Sharon Bodine Landry Strong( my mother) who has 4 children- and Gary Bodine.
My mother passed away last Feb. - it's her birthday today.
I'm sure she would have loved to be recognized on the family tree.
I can provide you with some details but not many; I have never met anyone in my mothers family except her siblings once.
I always thought that Norman Jr was Catherine's child- my mom never mentioned a second wife- I do know of aunt Janie though- his first daughter- we correspond.
Anyway, if you are interested in extending that part of the tree- let me know and ill see what info I can give you.
Thanks,
Chandra Landry Ewen
From Ronny Bodine:
1st marriage--1948--ETHELINE SMITH.
From Stamford (TX) American of 12 Dec 1947:
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith of Lueders, formerly of this city, are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Etheline, to Pfc. Norman Elliot Bodine,s on of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bodine, of Hamlin. The date for the wedding has been set for June 2. Pfc. Bodine is now stationed at Anchorage, Alaska.
From Anson Western Observer of 20 Aug 1948:
Marriage Licenses Issued July 1 to Aug. 16: Norman E. Bodine, Hamlin, and Etheline Smith, Avoca.
Etheline was the daughter of Sam and Nora Leigh (Harris) Smith. Norman and Etheline Bodine divorced and on 13 May 1950 in Abilene, Texas Etheline married Cecil Raymond Schwartz (1926-2008).
From Social Security Records:
Etheleen [sic] Bodine applied for a SSN in March 1950 and reported she was born 5 Jan 1930 in Kaufman County Texas to Sam & Nora L. (Harris) Smith. In October 1960 she reported her name as Etheline Schwartz. She died 31 Dec 1999. Her last residence was Hawley, Jones County, Texas. [Note: Texas Birth Records report her birth place as Rosser, Kaufman County.]
Obituary, Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas) of 1 Jan 2000.
HAWLEY- Etheline Schwartz, 69, died Friday, Dec. 31, 1999 at her home. Services are at 2 p.m. Sunday at New Hope Cemetery with Roland Gregory officiating, directed by Lawrence-Adams Funeral Home of Anson. Mrs. Schwartz was born in Kaufman County. She grew up in Stamford and lived in Snyder for many years. She married Cecil Schwartz in 1950 in Abilene and she moved to Hawley in 1984. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, of Hawley; two daughters, Norma Jane Story of Abilene, Marilyn Lockhart of Snyder; one brother, Tommy Ray Smith of Stamford; two sisters, Pauline Goss of Mountain Grove, Mo., Shirley Chase of Stamford; five grandchildren; one great grandchild.
Burials in New Hope Cemetery, New Hope, Jones County, Texas.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 46461968)
SCHWARTZ Cecil R. June 25, 1926 July 27, 2008 Etheline Jan. 5, 1930 Dec. 31, 1999
2nd marriage--BETSY WHITWORTH.
Unable to find any record of this marriage or person.
3rd marriage--1953--CATHERINE LENORA HOBBS.
From Autauga County, Alabama Marriage Records:
Norman E. Bodine AND Catherine L. Hobbs were married 11 April 1953.
Obituary, The Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader of 6 July 1997.
Catherine Lenora Bodine, Springfield, Mo., died Friday, July 4, 1997, in her home, at the age of 64 years, 10 months, 8 days. She was born in Montgomery, Ala., Saturday, Aug. 27, 1932, to Winnie Ingram Hobbs and John Hobbs. She was a retired receiving clerk at Wal-Mart. She is survived by two sons, Gary D. Bodine and his wife, Dana, Melbourne, Fla., and Norman E. Bodine Jr. and his wife, Pam, Springfield, Mo.; two daughters, Deloris Cavanaugh, Vicenza, Italy, and Sharon Strong and her husband, Daniel, Keller, Tex.; three sisters, two brothers; and eight grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, John G. Hobbs and Winnie Hobbs. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, July 7, 1997, in Hill Crest Memorial Park Cemetery, Bossier City, La., with Brother Gary Knighton officiating under direction of Walnut Lawn DeGraffenreid-Wood Funeral Home, Springfield, Mo. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Monday in Hill Crest Funeral Home, Bossier, La. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Southwest Missouri, 3653 South Ave., Springfield, MO 65807.
From Social Security Records:
Norman Elliott Bodine, born 2 June 1929 in Walnut Springs, Texas, son of Joseph A. & Mary S. (Sanders) Bodine, died August 1982, last residence was Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Obituary, The Shreveport (La.) Times of 23 Aug 1982.
Services for Mr. Norman Elliott Bodine, Sr., 53, of Bossier City, will be held at 3:30 p.m., Monday, August 23, 1982, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home's Bossier Chapel. Mr. Bodine died at his residence of a sudden illness. Officiating will be Mike Robinson, minister of Church of Christ North, Shreveport. Burial will be in Hill Crest Cemetery. Rose-Neath Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Bodine was a native of Walnut Springs, Texas and had lived in the Shreveport-Bossier area the past eleven years. He was employed as a Scale Technician with Hobard Corporation. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force after twenty-one years and a member of Church of Christ North, Shreveport. Survivors include: his widow, Mrs. Catherine Bodine, Bossier City; two sons, Gary D. Bodine and Norman E. Bodine, Jr., both of Bossier City; three daughters, Mrs. Dee Cavanaugh, Elizabethtown, Pa., Mrs. Norma Jane Brannan, Dumas, Texas, and Mrs. Sharon Strong, Irving, Texas; two brothers, Doyle Bodine, Westminster, Calif., and Gene Bodine, Abilene, Texas; and six grandchildren.
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Haughton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Norman E. Bodine Sr. TSgt U.S. Air Force Korea Vietnam June 2, 1929 Aug. 21, 1982 (Photograph, Find A Grave Memorial # 70155873)
Catherine L. Bodine Beloved Wife Aug. 27, 1932 July 4, 1997 (Photograph, Find A Grave Memorial # 70155905)