Notes for: Leon Ray Bodine
He was in Colorado City preparing for his 54th school class reunion when he apparently died from a heart attack. He retired from Amoco Oil Company. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Easter Star, Veteran of Foreign Wars and served in WW II. I believe there is something about him in the book "Cemetery Records of Cass County, Texas" (v. 4, p. 252). His wife is also in there.
I got a message from Linda Kay (Bodine) Wooten in November of 2002 with some information on this family. She said that Luther Bodine, her father Morris Jack Bodine, Leon Ray Bodine, and Nila Pearl Bodine all grew up and died in the Colorado City, Texas area. These are all siblings.
From Ronny Bodine:
1st marriage--MAXINE MARIE MORRIS.
In Nov 1941 Leon Bodine enlisted in the Army Air Corps in El Paso. He stated at the time he was divorced and had no dependents. This must have been his marriage to Maxine Morris who bore their son three months later as noted next.
Birth records of Ector County, Texas name Ray Bodine and Maxine Marie Morris as parents of Dwight Earl Bodine, born 13 Feb 1942 in Ector County, Texas. Leon and Maxine Bodine divorced as Ector County, Texas Marriage Records reflect James T. Neal AND Maxine Marie Bodine were married 2 April 1942.
From Social Security Applications and Claims:
Maxine Marie Neal applied for a SSN in April 1942 and reported she was born 4 March 1925 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, dau. of Raymond C. & Bessie F. (Burger) Morris. In August 1954 she reported her name as Maxine Marie Elwood, in May 1963 as Maxine Marie Bettcher, in January 1971 as Maxine Marie Edwards. Her last residence was in Ukiah, California.
Obituary, Ukiah (Calif.) Daily Journal of 6 July 2000.
Graveside services for Maxine Marie Edwards were held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Ukiah cemetery with Pastor David Donnell officiating. Mrs. Edwards died Sunday, July 2, 2000, at the age of 75. She was born Feb. 4, 1925 in Oklahoma, and had been a homemaker for the past 59 years. Surviving are her sons Dwight Bodine of Concord, N.C., Tommy Elwood of Arizona, and Jessie and Homer Elwood, both of Albemarle, N.C.; daughters Sheryll Hackett of Albemarle, N.C., and Marida Baker of Washington, N.C.; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Eversole Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
2nd marriage--1946--AGNES BERGE PRATHER.
From Ector County, Texas Marriage Records:
Leon R. Bodine AND Miss Agnes Berge Prather were married 16 Feb 1946. [Note: The Odessa American of 14 Sept 1953 published the obituary of Mrs. Minnie Alice Prather which named as her survivors her husband A. B. Prather, daughter Mrs. Ray Bodine of Odessa and sons Kenneth, Brad, Lewis and Eugene. Agnes (Prather) Bodine married Waymon E. Armstrong on 15 Aug 1982 in Dallas County.]
Burials in Kermit Cemetery, Kermit, Winkler County, Texas.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave memorial No. 66301272)
Agnes B. Prather Armstrong 1929-2001 In Loving Memory
Newspaper Obituary, The Odessa American of Sunday, 18 Feb 2001.
KERMIT-- Agnes B. Prather Armstrong, 71, of Kermit, a retail sales clerk, died Friday, Feb. 16, 2001, at Winkler County Memorial Hospital in Kermit. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Kermit Cemetery with the Rev. Wilburn Brock officiating. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel. She was born in Emory and was a resident of Kermit for 10 years. She was Pentecostal. SURVIVORS: Brothers, Kenneth Wayne Prather of Kermit, William Bradford Prather of Albuquerque, N.M., and Louis Edward Prather of Shreveport, La.
3rd marriage--before Sept 1953--GLADYS LUCILLE MULVANEY.
Obituary, Texarkana Gazette of 22 Jan 2018.
ATLANTA, Texas-Gladys L. Mulvaney Bodine, 91, of Atlanta died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, at a local nursing home. Mrs. Bodine was born May 21, 1926, in Omega, Ill. She was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church, where she volunteered in the kitchen. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon R. Bodine; and two children, Patricia A. Beard and Kenneth E. Beard. Survivors include one daughter, Janet Beard Worley of Overland Park, Kan.; one son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Wanda Beard of Pleasanton, Texas; 14 grandchildren, including Austin Eugene Beard of Atlanta; 18 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and a number of other relatives. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hanner Funeral Home with the Rev. Tony Lawson officiating. Burial will be in Pine Crest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Online registration is at hannerfuneralhome.com.
Leon Bodine was buried in Pine Crest Cemetery, Atlanta, Cass County, Texas. He was retired from Amoco Oil Compay. Gladys (Mulvaney) Bodine was the daughter of Fred Green and Susan Ethel (Ritter) Mulvaney. She later married Max Walton.
Burials in Pine Crest Cemetery, Atlanta, Cass County, Texas.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 162361611)
BODINE Leon Ray May 1, 1920 July 22, 1993 Gladys L. May 21, 1926
[Married June 5, 19-- the final 2 digits are obscured]
From Texas Death Records:
Leon Ray Bodine died 22 July 1993 in Mitchell County.