Notes for: Curtis 'Elbert' Bodine

From: Susan Brown [susan_l_brown at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Subject: Curtis Elbert Bodine family

Hello, my name is Susan Lorraine "Brown" Deal. My mother is Nan "Bodine" Brown. I have been researching my family genealogy and came across your web site, hosted by Roots Web. The information you have pertaining to this line of the family is not completely accurate and I would like to offer my assistance. The first thing is, Curis was born in 1894. He died on Dec 13, 1975. His wife, Annie Johnson, was born August 4, 1892 and died on Jan 8, 1970. Her parents were William Harrison "Hoss" Johnson and Rebecca Ann Davidson. Next, Odesa is still alive. She was born Dec 7, 1914 and was married to Frank Powers. She did not die before 2004. She is alive and kicking in Manchester, Tennessee with all of her faculties. She is quite interesting to listen to. She is known lovingly as Odes. Nova Jean was always called Novie and Annette was always called Tain. Nova Jean and Odesa are and were very religious women. Annette was born Nov 6, 1932. She died Nov 16, 2003 in
Manchester, Tennessee. She was married to a man, last name Madden... Clarence's wife was actually named Mary Jo, not Jane. William Tell, was the first born child. He died as an infant in 1911 at 2 months old. My mother told me that when he was born, her mother and father simply did not know how to care for him, since they were very young as well. The home where they lived was not well made and it often got very cold during winter months. Though, no one knows the precise reason for the infants death, it has been speculated that he may have died of SIDS. As far as my own mother, She does not have a middle name at all. She was born March 24, 1935 in Guntersville, Al. She is still alive and married Dennis A. Brown from Louisville, KY. He was born Feb, 14, 1930 and is also still alve. They have 6 girls.

Though all Bodine children were born in the Guntersville/Marshall Co. area, the younger children were raised in Tennessee. Annie, died in Summitville, Tennesse. After her death, about a year, Curtis returned to the Guntersville area where he lived out the rest of his life, until his death in 1975. He died 3 months before my birth.

Some extra information: Curtis' mother was called Monanny by the grandchildren. She was a widow when she married Henry Washington Bodine. The Bodine family owned some 400 acres of land in the Guntersville area and sold it for a little over $100 to the TVA in order for them to complete the Guntersville Lake project. They had been a wealthy family until this time...

I hope this information is helpful to you.
Susan Deal

From Ronny Bodine (Aug. 10, 2021):

From Marshall County, Alabama Marriage Records:
Elbert C. Bodine AND Annie Johnson were married 8 May 1910 on a public highway by N.C. Derrham, Minister.

On 5 June 1917, Curtis Elbert Bodine registered for the World War I draft in Marshall County. He reported he was born 5 Jan 1894 in Sidney, Alabama, was a self-employed farmer and married with children. The Bodine family was living 1920-1930 at Crossroads, Marshall County where Curtis engaged in farming. Annie (Johnson) Bodine was the daughter of William Harrison "Hoss" and Rebecca Ann (Davidson) Johnson.

1940 Crossroads, Marshall Co., AL: Elbert BODINE 46 AL farmer, Annie 47 AL wife, Clarence 20 AL son, Grady 17 AL son, Annette 7 AL dau, Nann 5 AL dau. Residence on 1 April 1935: Same place.

From Tennessee Death Records:
Annie Bodine, married, of Coffee County, died there 8 Jan 1970, aged 77 years.

Obituary, Huntsville (AL) Times of Tuesday, 16 Dec 1975.
GUNTERSVILLE---Curtis Elbert Bodine, 81, of 734 Ringold St., Guntersville, died Saturday in a local nursing home. The funeral was Monday in Carr Funeral Home chapel in Guntersville. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Frank Power and Mrs. Annette Madden, both of Rt. 4, Manchester, Tenn., Mrs. Nova Jean Moon, Guntersville, and Mrs. Dennis A. Brown, Arab; two sons, Clarence Bodine and Grady Bodine, both of Guntersville; 17 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Burials in Crestview Cemetery, Guntersville, Marshall County, Alabama.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 63102345)
BODINE Curtis Elbert 1894---1975 Annie J. 1892---1970