Notes for: Jennabess ("Bess") Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
From Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram of Sunday, 6 July 1941:
Wed Saturday. Mrs. Bill Brantlet, who was Miss Bess Bodine before her marriage Saturday in Weatherford. She is the daughter of Mrs. J. J. Bodine, 1316 South Adams Street.
Obituary, Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram of Monday, 29 Nov 1999.
FORT WORTH---John Frank 'Bill' Brantley, 79, a retired U.S. Post Office letter carrier, died Thursday, Nov. 25, 1999 at his home. Funeral: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday at Greenwood Chapel. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Greenwood Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, friends may make contributions to the American Heart Association, 2401 Scott Ave., Fort Worth 76103. Bill Brantley was born Feb. 27, 1920 in Fort Worth. He was a lifelong resident of Fort Worth, who retired from the Post Office in 1978. He was a member of Handley Baptist Church, served in the U.S. Merchant Marines in World War II. He was also a member of Hemphill Heights Masonic Lodge. Survivors: Wife of 58 years, Bess Brantley; son, James Brantley and his wife, Jan, of Fort Worth; daughters, Karen Faulkner Moore of Weatherford amd Barbara Self and her husband, Mark, of Fort Wrth; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Obituary, Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram of 2 Nov 2003.
FORT WORTH -- Bess Brantley, 80, beloved homemaker, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003. Funeral: 9:30 a.m. Monday in Greenwood Chapel. Burial: Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Greenwood Funeral Home. Bess was born Dec. 31, 1922, in Richland Springs. She was a longtime member of Handley Baptist Church and was a past president of Letter Carrier Auxiliary Post 16. Bess was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Brantley. Survivors: Children, Jim Brantley and wife, Jan of Fort Worth, Karen Moore of Weatherford and Barbara Self and husband, Mark of Fort Worth; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and sisters, Louise Walters of Fort Worth and Doris Wood of Crews. Greenwood Funeral Home, 3100 White Settlement Road, (817) 336-0584.
Children: James William (1943), Karen Jean (1947), Barbara Ann (1949).