Notes for: George Willis Bodine
George used to say he was born in Bonham, Texas (source: son Tom).
From: Tom Bodine [tebodine at hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003
Cc: jimbodin at airmail.net
Subject: Your work on the Bodine family geneology
Hello Dave,
I'm Tom Bodine. Several months ago I was visiting a friend in California and he accessed the Bodine family tree which you had posted at freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com. When we saw my grandfather's name in it, Paul Jasper Bodine, and his children (my aunts and uncles), I was amazed. For many years my family line has been a mystery to me. My aunts and uncles remember hardly anything at all about their family. If your information is correct about my father, and I imagine it is since you have done so much work, then he didn't even know where he himself was born. I only saw that page on my friends monitor and can't remember now what his birthplace was listed as, but it wasn't Bonham, TX, which is where my dad said he was born...
By the way, for me this is really curious communicating with other Bodines since my whole life long I have never met a Bodine or had contact with a Bodine who wasn't my Grandfather, Father, Uncle or Cousin. I wonder who's out there who is a close relative that I don't know? This is great stuff!
Thanks for all the hard work.
Tom
p.s. My dad was George Willis Bodine (b. May 18, 1918)
From Ronny Bodine:
From Solano County, California Marriage Records:
George Willis Bodine, 25, of Suisun, Calif., single, truck driver, born in Texas, son of Paul Jasper Bodine & Sarah Thompson AND Laura Turner, 24, of Suisun, Calif., divorced, housekeeper, born in Oklahoma, daughter of Joe Overbay & Laura Wolf. License issued 5 June 1943.
George Bodine and his 2nd wife, Katie Gray Bodine Richard, were buried in Carson City, Nevada. Katie Bodine married 2ndly, Roy Alton Richard (1926-2002) on 24 Sept 1985 in Carson City, Nevada.
Obituary, Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal of 30 Nov 1994.
OROVILLE, Calif.---A graveside funeral for Katie R. Bodine Richard, 67, who died Nov. 25, 1994, in Oroville, Calif., is scheduled for noon today at Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City. A native of Baton Rouge, La., she was born April 2, 1917, and had lived in Oroville for the past five months, coming from Carson City. Mrs. Richard was a cottage parent for the Nevada State Children's Home from 1964 to 1977. Her first husband, George Bodine, and two brothers, preceded her in death. Surviving are husband, Roy and son, John Cotanay, both of Oroville; son, Thomas Bodine of U.S. Embassy Services; daughter Joyce Fowle of Carson City; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Arrangements are under the direction of FitzHenry's Funeral Home, Carson City.