Notes for: Franklin ("Frank") Lee Bodine
I did have his name as Franklin Laverne Bodine, but see RB's info below.
Lisa Malone said he was born in a covered wagon in Dewitt County, Texas. He died of emphezema.
[Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: Jul 15, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.24229.155]
Individual: Bodine, Frank
Birth date: Sep 8, 1890
Death date: Aug 1975
Last residence: AZ 86301
State of issue: NM
From Ronny Bodine:
He was recorded as Franklin Bodine, born Sept. 1890, in the 1900 census. He registered as Frank Lee Bodine for the World War I draft on 5 June 1917 in Otero County, New Mexico. In 1930, the Bodine family was living in Winkelman, Gila County, Arizona where Frank worked as a truck driver for a copper mining business. Gladys (Robinson) Bodine was the daughter of William Ira and Lottie L. Robinson. Frank and Gladys Bodine divorced and Gladys married a Mr. Alexander as her 2nd husband. Nell Boyer was the daughter of James Robert and Mary Jane (Sessions) Boyer and was the widow of Hugh Kenneth Fuller (1885-1945).
Newspaper obituary, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Ariz.) of Tuesday, 7 Dec 1971.
PRESCOTT--Funeral services for Mrs. Nell Fuller Bodine, 79, who died Saturday at Yavapai Community Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ruffner Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Born in Cherry Creek, she was a member of a pioneer Arizona family who came to Arizona in 1860. The family traveled by covered wagon and settled in the Cherry Creek and Verde Valley areas. She was postmistress at Camp Verde for 30 years. Surviving are her husband, Frank Bodine of Prescott; one son, Kay Fuller of Page Springs; one daughter, Mrs. Veva Sprague of Cottonwood; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Newspaper Obituary, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Ariz.) of 1 Sept 1975.
PRESCOTT-- Graveside services for Frank Bodine, 84, a retired cowboy, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mountain View Cemetery, here. Mr. Bodine, who lived in Arizona 48 years, died Thursday in the Prescott Veterans Administration Center. Survivors include sons, Frank and Fred; a brother ; six grandchildren, and six great-grand-children. Memory Chapel handled arrangements.