Notes for: Samuel 'Esten' Bodine

In 2002, Jim Bodine told me that his uncle, Esten Bodine, died at least fifteen years ago. He was married briefly when he lived in Dothan, Alabama. He divorced and never remarried. He had no children that Jim knew of. Esten is buried in a commercial cemetery adjoining Rocky Mount Church in Arab, Alabama.

From: James Bodine [jimelirut at msn.com]
Sent: Mon, December 30, 2002
Subject: Bodine Information

Dave
You once asked me about my Uncle Esten Bodine. He died in 1979 and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in Arab Alabama. He was unmarried at the time and had no children that I knew of.

May God Bless You Today and Every Day
James G. Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

'Esty' Bodine, age 7, was living with his parents 1910 in Marshall County. He had no children.

From Houston County, Alabama Marriage Records:
Samuel E. Bodine AND [name not given] were married Aug 1937 by certificate no. 17628.

1940 Dothan, Houston Co., AL: Samuel E. BODINE 37 AL barber, Theodosia 35 AL wife house rental collector, Helen C. NICHOLS 16 AL stepdau, Perry H. NICHOLS Jr. 11 AL stepson.

Samuel and Theodosia Bodine were divorced and on 20 Aug 1949 in Houston County, Alabama Theo. D. Bodine married Charles Leonard Jackson.

From Florida Death Records:
Theodocia Jackson, born 4 Sept 1904, died 20 Sept 1987 in Sumter County.

Burials in Memory Hill Cemetery, Dothan, Houston County, Alabama.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 101766773)
Theo Docia Jackson Sept. 4, 1904 Sept. 20. 1987

Esten Bodine was buried in Brookwood Cemetery, Arab, Marshall County.