Notes for: James David Bodine
Sylvia Pearl Kight was married to a Roy Vincen Matthews first.
From Ronny Bodine:
The James Bodine family was living 1900 in McClellan Township, Jefferson County and 1910 in Barren Township, Franklin County, where James was engaged in farming. In 1920, the family was living in Brocton, Embarass Township, Edgar County and in 1930 in Decatur, Macon County. Sylvia is called Sylvia Kite and Sylvia Kight in the newspaper obituaries of her children.
From Illinois Federal Census Records:
1940 (26 April) Decatur, Macon Co.: James D. BODINE 69 IL, Sylvia 59 IL wife Char Woman-Hospital, Richard 19 IL son, Jay 17 IL son, Earl 14 IL son.
Obituary, Decatur (Ill.) Herald of 5 Dec 1952.
James David Bodine, 82, of 953 E. Mueller Ave., died at 9:25 a.m. yesterday at Decatur and Macon County Hospital. Bodine, a retired farmer, had lived in Decatur 32 years, coming here from Mt. Vernon. He was born Dec. 1, 1870, a son of Andrew Jackson and Ellen Watson Bodine and was married June 29, 1913 to Sylvia Kight in Charleston. He leaves his wife, five children, Mrs. Woodrow Waller, Mrs. Pearl Trimbey, Richard and Earl Bodine, all of Decatur, and Jay Bodine, Chicago, and a sister, Mrs. Frank Bowman, Decatur. Three children preceded him in death. The body is in the J. J. Moran & Sons Funeral Home where friends may call after 1 p.m. today. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.
Burials in Graceland Cemetery, decatur, Macon County, Illinois.
(For grave marker photos see Find A Grave Memorials Nos. 118239022 & 118239173)
James D. Bodine Dec. 1, 1870 Dec. 4, 1952 Sylvia P. Bodine June 13, 1891 Dec. 10, 1981