Notes for: Amsa ("Bo") Horton Bodine, Jr.
From Ronny Bodine:
Amsa Bodine served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He and his wife Martha were buried in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Florida.
From Arlington County, Virginia Marriage Records:
Amsa Horton Bodine Jr., 21, single, of Mecklenburg, NY, U.S.M.C., born in Ithaca, NY, son of A. H. Bodine Sr. & Louella Dollaway AND Martha Eileen Faunce, 20, single, of Washington, D.C., machine operator, born in Palmer, MD, dau. of Joseph E. Faunce Sr & Agnes I. Brown, were married 16 Nov 1945 in Arlington, by Walter F. Wolf, Minister of the Presbyterian Church.
Obituary, The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.) of 17 Jan 1999.
LAKELAND -- Mr. Amsa "Bo" Bodine Jr. of Lakeland died Friday (Jan. 15, 1999) at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was 74. Born in Ithaca, N.Y., on Oct, 19, 1924, he moved to Lakeland from Mecklenburg, N.Y., 46 years ago. He was a retired salesman for Snap-On Tools. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, serving in the 1st Division, which liberated Guam. He was a member of the National Rifle Association and the Classic Auto Club. He was a Protestant. He was a member of the Mecklenburg First United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Martha E. Bodine, Lakeland; son, Tim Bodine, Lakeland; daughters, Gilda Dyal, Lakeland, and Sheila Thompson, Windermere; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Visitation will be this evening from 6 to 8 at Gentry Morrison Funeral Home Northside Chapel, Lakeland. Funeral services will be Monday at 4 p.m. in the Chapel of Gentry Morrison Northside, Lakeland. Gentry Morrison Northside, Lakeland.
Obituary, The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.) of 1 Nov 2009.
MARTHA EILEEN BODINE, 84, Homemaker
LAKELAND - Martha Bodine, 84, died 10/29/09 of heart failure. Vis. Mon. 10-11am at Gentry-Morrison N/S, Svc at 11at Gentry-Morrison N/S. Burial FL National 2 pm.