Notes for: John Newton Bodine
I did have his name as John Robert Bodine and that he was born in 1910; however, information from their funeral cards sent to me by Heather Fowler says differently. The card gives his name as John Newton Bodine and that he was born April 20, 1911. His wife's card says she was named Allie Beatrice Bodine.
John was a farm laborer in the San Joaquin Valley in Arvin, California. Donald King, their nephew, told me they didn't have any children.
From: Donald King [don123king at onemain.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004
Subject: Mary Edna Bodine
Dear Dave,
I ran across your website by accident and found you.
Mary Edna Bodine was my mother and Richard Samuel King was my father.
I remember grandpa James Louis Bodine but never remember seeing grandma Mary.
James Louis lived with aunt Dorothy Bodine Bearden in the 40's.After he broke his hip, he began to go down hill.
Aunt Elsie and uncle Jim Hopkins lived in Pond, CA for years in the 40's and moved to Wasco, Ca until her death from Cancer. Her daughter Wanda Jo Riddle lives near me in Bakersfield I remember uncle LLoyd Bodine and went to his funeral. Uncle Frank lived in Hunnington Park with aunt Margie. Uncle John died of a heart attack in Arvin, CA. Uncle John came to visit ever so often with wife, Allyne.
They had no children.
I've had some correspondence with cousin Pat Drummond and Pat Bodine.
I would like ro keep in touch. I do have a few old pictures.
I will try to find the picture box and if you are interested can send you pix.
Your cousin,
Donald King
[don123king at usa.net]
Note: The Old Delano-McFarland Cemetery District which was formed in 1938. The name was changed March 7, 1972 to North Kern Cemetery District. The North Kern Cemetery is the only public cemetery for Delano, McFarland and the surrounding areas.
From Ronny Bodine:
From Franklin County, Ohio Marriage Records:
John Newton Bodine, 32, of Purcell, Okla., soldier, native of Wanette, Okla., son of James L. Bodine & Ella Vawter AND Allie Beatrice McDonald, age 37 on 15 Feb 1943, of Columbus, Ohio, waitress, native of Madill, Okla., daughter of George McDonald & Margaret Wallace, 1st marriage for both parties, were married 5 Feb 1944 in Columbus, by Arnold E. Klick, Clergyman.
John and Allie Bodine were buried in Delano Cemetery, Kern County.
Obituary, The Bakersfield Californian of 20 July 1967.
BODINE, JOHN NEWTON---Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at the Agee Family Funeral Home in Wasco for John Newton Bodine, 56, of Circle Ranch, Wasco, who died Tuesday in Wasco. The Rev. J. W. Godbehere, pastor of the Central Missionary Baptist Church in Lomita, will officiate and burial will follow in Delano Cemetery. Mr. Bodine was a native of Wanette, Okla., and there he spent his childhood and school years. He worked in Oklahoma, Arizona and California until he entered the service. He served during World War II from Sept. 5, 1942, until Nov. 16, 1945, and was in Northern France until the armistice was signed. After the war he returned to Kern County, where he made his home until his death. He was employed by the John C. Moore Farms in Arvin for 18 years and when he died was working for the S. A. Camp Circle Ranch. On Feb. 5, 1944, he married the former Allie McDonald in Columbus, Ohio. Survivors include his widow, Allie; two brothers, Frank of La Habra and Louis of Texas; four sisters, Elsie Hopkins of Wasco, Dorothy Beardon and Edna King, both of McFarland, and Mattie Shea of Oklahoma. Pallbearers will be Hershel Riddle, Roy Dale McDonald, Dennis Bearden, John Bearden, Ray Hopkins and J. D. Akins.
Obituary, The Bakersfield Californian of 15 March 1973.
BODINE, ALLIE BEATRICE---Services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in the chapel of the Agee Family Funeral Home, Shafter, for Mrs. Allie Beatrice Bodine, 67, of 2002 19th Street, Bakersfield, who died March 13 in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev. Robert Leeds, pastor of the First Free Will Baptist Church of Arvin, will officiate, and burial will follow in Delano Memorial Park. Mrs. Bodine, born in Madil, Okla., came to California in 1946. She lived in Arvin, then many years in Wasco, where she last worked for the Jackson and Perkins Co. Her husband, John Newton Bodine, died in Wasco in 1967. The survivors include 2 brothers, Tom McDonald of Dos Palos and Dewey McDonald of Texas, and a sister, Mrs. Fanny Jones of Texas. The Agee Family Funeral Home, Shafter.