Notes for: Llera Ada Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
On 5 June 1917, A. Owen McLearen registered for the World War 1 draft in Prince William County. He reported he was born 16 Oct 1889 in Catlett, Virginia, worked as a farmer and was married with 2 children. In 1920-1940, Owen and Llera McLearen lived in Brentsville, Prince William County, in 1920 next door to Llera's brother Dewitt Bodine, engaged in dairy farming.
Newspaper Obituary, The Washington Post and Times Herald of 6 Jan 1956.
McLEAREN, Alfred Owen. On Tuesday, January 3, 1956, in DePaul Hospital, Norfolk, Va., Alfred Owen McLearen of Nokesville, Va., husband of the late Lera Ada McLearen, father of Mrs. Lorena V. Bodman of Hysttsville, Md., Mrs. Celestine E. Wilson of Norfolk, Va., W. Ray McLearen of Nokesville, Va., and Sidney T. McLearen of Norfolk, Va.; brother of Gilbert A. McLearen of Herndon, Va. Remains resting at Baker & Son Funeral Home, Manassas, Va. Services on Friday, January 6 at 2 p.m. at the Brethren Church, Nokesville, Va. Interment Catlett Cemetery, Cattlett, Va.
Burials in Bradley Community Cemetery, Prince William County, Virginia.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 17496630)
Llera Ada McLearen Oct. 16, 1885 Oct. 17, 1941
Burials in Catlett Methodist Cemetery, Catlett, Fauquier County, Virginia.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 58655450)
Alfred Owen McLearen October 16, 1889 January 3, 1956
Children: William Ray (1911-1987), Sidney Tabor (14 Oct 1913-2001), Lorena V. (1918-1990), Owen Elliott (1923-1923), Celestine Ellen (1925-1999).