Notes for: William ("Pat") Paschal Bodine

See the 1900 Census (TX?) for information on William P. Bodine.

From Ronny Bodine:

William and Margie Bodine were buried in Colorado City Cemetery, Mitchell County. In 1920, the Bodine family was living in Mitchell County and in 1930-1940 in Midland County, where William engaged in farming. The "Abilene Daily Reporter" of 28 Dec 1936 reported an automobile accident on 27 Dec resulting in the subsequent amputation of Mrs. Bodine's arm. Her son, Alwin, gave blood for the transfusion.

From Mitchell County, Texas Marriage Records
W. P. Bodine AND Margie A. Hale were married 24 Sept 1911 by H. P. Tijoa, M.G.

From Abilene Reporter News (Abilene, Texas) of 31 Oct 1944:
Mr. and Mrs. Paschal Bodine of Midland, Texas attended a Cole family reunion in Abilene. [This is evidence that Eula Elizabeth Cole, daughter of John David and Margaret (Millsap) Cole, and widow of James W. Nevil (1887-1914) and Hugh G. Dabney (1881-1934), living April 1940 in Parker County, Texas was the second wife of William Paschal "Pat" Bodine, as his 1st wife had died in 1942. This marriage must have ended in divorce as in 1953 Mrs. Eula E. Bodine was living alone in Dallas, Texas. The Dallas City Directory of 1955 lists her as Eula E. Bodine (wid. Pat), but Pat-Paschal Bodine was actually still living. She is listed as such again in 1958, but in 1960 and thereafter this designation was omitted. As neither Eula nor William are referred to in their respective obituaries this seems to confirm a divorce.]

Newspaper Obituary, Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas) of Tuesday, 16 March 1976.
BODINE. Mrs. Eula E., 639 W. Brooklyn. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Lois Allen, Dallas; son, J. W. Nevil, Crosby, Texas; 5 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 2 grea-great-grandchildren; brother, Marlin Cole, Longview; sister Mrs. Jackie Bradford, Longview, Mrs. Lottie Langford, Plainview. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Lamar & Smith Chapel. Interment Laurel Land.

The State of Texas Certificate of Death No. 1976-16931 for Eula Elizabeth Bodine notes she was born 12 Nov 1894 in Texas, daughter of John David and Margaret (Millsap) Cole and died of a cardiac arrest 15 March 1976 in Dallas. Informant was Mrs. Lois E. Allen.

Obituary, Big Spring "Herald" of 3 Nov 1975.
COLORADO CITY---William P. Bodine, 86, of Colorado City died Saturday night at Odessa Medical Center after a short illness. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at 22nd and Austin Streets Church of Christ. Gene Johnston, minister, will officiate. Burial will be in Colorado City Cemetery, directed by Kiker-Seale Funeral Home. Born Feb. 14, 1889, in Hill County, he married Margie Hale in 1910 in Colorado City. She died in 1942. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. I. G. Murchison of Odessa and Mrs. Charles Johnson of Andrews; a son, J. A. Bodine of Weatherford; two sisters, Hulda Jacks and Alie Levins, both of Abilene; two brothers, Jim Bodine of Colorado City and Fred Bodine of Abilene; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.