Notes for: Porter Temple Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
Porter Bodine was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps.
1st wife--1935--GLENOLA BAKER.
From Jackson County, Oklahoma Marriage Records:
Porter T. Bodine, 21, of Electra, Texas, iron worker, single, son of A. J. Bodine AND Miss Glenola Doris Baker, 18, of Electra, Texas, single, daughter of F. M. Baker, were married 19 July 1935 at Altus, by R. W. Leazer, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Altus. [Note: Porter and Glenola Bodine divorced and on 28 May 1966 in Wichita County, Texas Glenola married Ray Lynn Kinder.]
2nd wife--RUBY HOWARD.
Ruby is the daughter of George and Sedonia (Gustia) Howard. Porter and Ruby Bodine were divorced and Ruby married 2ndly, Phillip Zakrzewski.
Obituary, the Galveston "News" of 18 March 1966.
Mrs. Phillip (Ruby Ellen) Zakrzewski, 47, of 1102 Linden St., La Marque, died at 1:30 a.m. today at Galveston County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Emken - Lincoln Funeral Home chapel of La Marque with Rev. Joe Taeguard officiating. Burial will be in Galveston County Memorial Park Cemetery, Hitchcock. Survivors include her husband: two sons, Lewis Bodine of Hitchcock and Eugene Zakrzewski of La Marque; a brother, George Howard of League City: three sisters, Mrs. Alice Mayuex of La Marque, Mrs. Nellie Divine of Texas City and Mrs. Florence Wallers of Houston; and four grandchildren. Other brothers and sisters also survive.
3rd wife--1938--ELSIE WILSON.
From Fort Bend County, Texas Marriage Records:
P. T. Bodine AND Miss Elsie M. Wilson were married 1 May 1938 by Rev. J. Herman Larson.
From Texas Federal Census Records:
1940 (15 May) Huntsville, Walker Co.: Porter BODINE 25 TX. Residence on 1 April 1935: Wichita County, Texas.
4th wife--1941--JESSICA BOREL.
From Harris County, Texas Marriage Records:
Porter T. Bodine AND Miss Jessica Louise Borel were married 5 June 1941 by J. Lawrence Plumbley.
Jessica Borel is the daughter of Joseph and Roxy Borel with whom she lived Jan 1920 in Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas. Jessia was aged 1 year and was born in Louisiana. In 1930 she lived with her uncle and aunt, Evan W. & Emily F. Burris in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Porter and Jessica Bodine were divorced and Jessica married 2ndly (as Mrs. Jessica Louise B. Bodine], Eugene Bedford Simmons, Jr (1919-1995) on 1 Aug 1947 in Harris County, Texas and 3rdly, as Jessica Borel Simmons, 31, she married Jack Graham Williams (1911-1961) in Aug 1950 in Harris County and from who she was divorced. On 3 May 1957 in Harris County, as Mrs. Jessica Louise Williams, 38, she was married 4thly to Huey Pierce James, 21, by J. Roy Gibbs.]
Obituary, Houston (Texas) Chronicle of 13 Aug 2014.
Jessica Louise James, 95, of Willis, Texas peacefully left this world to join our Heavenly Father on August 11, 2014. She gained her angel wings while in her home and surrounded by loved ones. She was greeted in heaven by her husband Huey P. James and son Jackson Williams, as well as countless relatives and friends. Jessica was commonly referred to by cousins and loved ones early in life as "Teek". Once becoming a grandmother she was affectionately declared "Yam-Yam" by her grandchildren. In her later years, this was the name most often used when introduced to people. Jessica was born in Sulpher, Louisiana but came to Texas as soon as possible and considers herself a native Texan. Her love for Texas and Texas history was evident by her resistance to reveal her true Louisiana birth. She lived in Houston, TX where she graduated from John H. Reagan High School in 1937. She then attended Sam Houston Teachers College in Huntsville, TX. She graduated in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science degree and began her teaching career. She taught for 33 years, twenty-eight of those years being at Travis Elementary in the Houston Independent School District. Jessica resided in Willis, TX for the past forty plus years on property that she and Huey James purchased and dubbed, Oak Knoll. The two raised horses and built the family home in which she lived from that moment to the present. Yam-Yam is survived by her daughter Felicia D. Sills and her stepson, Johnny Williams; her grandchildren: Tiffany Forester, Jessica Beeman and husband, Brad; Billy O. Sills, Michael Williams and wife, Angela; Justin Miller and wife Amanda, and Tamara Che' Williams; her great grandchildren: Hayden & Houston Forester, Connor & Colton Beeman, Sharon Payton Sills, Zach and Katie Williams, and Dylan Miller as well as countless other extended family members and friends. Her celebration of life will begin with a visitation at Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home in Willis, Texas on Wednesday, August 13th from 6-8pm. The funeral will be Thursday, August 14th at 2pm at Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home in Willis, Texas with graveside service following at Willis Cemetery. She left a legacy for her family and friends that will leave a void in the lives of her family and friends, yet they are thankful for her peaceful entry into heaven. The family would like to thank Rose of Texas Hospice for their support the past several weeks while caring for Jessica during her weakest days.
5th wife--VERDA MAINZ.
From The Galveston (Texas) Daily News of 28 Aug 1947.
56th District Court. Verda Bodine vs. Porter T. Bodine, divorce and injunction; divorce decreed; plaintiff's former name of Verda Mainz restored.
Galveston, Texas City Directory of 1947 lists Porter T. and Verda Bodine as residents. The 1949 directory lists only Verda M. Bodine.
6th wife--ELLA REED.
Ella Mae Reed is the daughter of Leon and Elizabeth (Tracy) Reed.
7th wife--1957--MYRA.
From The Galveston (Texas) Daily News of 23 April 1959.
An annulment of a marriage performed in Hong Kong, China, is sought in a suit filed in 122nd District Court Wednesday afternoon. The plaintiff, Porter Bodine, has instituted the suit against Myra Bodine. The plaintiff recites that he and the defendant went through a marriage ceremony in Hong Kong March 13, 1957, but have never lived together as husband and wife. The plaintiff is seeking an annulment because the defendant told him "the only reason she went through said marriage ceremony was so she would be permitted to leave Hong Kong, China, and go to Australia, and that she never intended to be his wife."
The Portsmouth (N. H.) "Herald" of 7 Feb 1977 called him a resident of Lowell, Maine who claimed to be the Ku Klux Klan's Imperial Wizard in Maine.
From Maine Death Records:
Porter T. Bodine died 28 May 1982 in Lincoln aged 67 years.
Burials in Ridge Cemetery, Enfield, Penobscot County, Maine.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 62189627)
1929 Ella M. [No date] 1914 Porter 1982