Notes for: Thomas Bernard Bodine
Thomas Bodine wrote the following:
I grew up on a farm where we raised most everything we needed. Life was hard but we got by. Walked to school part of the time. Buses started and cost a nickel to ride. Finished Grassy Jr. High 1940. Went to High school at Arab. Served a while in the navy and got a medical discharge. Completed high school. Got married and worked odd jobs. Farmed. Went to California and worked in the lumber business. Came home and went to work at Redstone Arsenal as a programmer. Retired at this job June 1, 1984. Operated on for cancer in 1991. Thanks to God for letting me live longer. My wife and I undertook a new task of getting a home built in the spring of 1996. We gave the old home to our son, Keith, and wife, Debra Spray Bodine. They presented us with a new granddaughter and needed a home. The neighbors and our children built our home. It was nearly all free labor for which we are very thankful. Some of our friends spent quite a few hours working out of love and respect for us. I got a longing to research my family's name and it has led me on a chase that has engulfed me, sometimes overwhelming me. The thrill of meeting family members was enjoyed even when some of them would let you know they were not interested in family lore. I have really enjoyed it.
From http://quadcitiesdaily.com/?p=325432:
Barbara Ann Sams Bodine, age 85, of Arab Alabama, the Brashier’s Chapel Community, died Friday June 17, 2016 at Crossville Nursing and Rehab Center.
Mrs. Barbara was born on March 1, 1931 in Morgan County Alabama to Sterling Clarence Sams & Vera Mary Turney Sams. She was a homemaker. She served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Barbara was a member of the Amanda King Chapter #472 of Eastern Stars. She had lived in the Brashier’s Chapel Community for 50 years.
Barbara was a member of New Brashier’s Chapel United Methodist Church.
She is survived by her sons: Mike Burns (Linda), Keith Bodine, Larry Bodine(Roberta), Derrick James Burns Jr. (Gaye Lynn), Steve Burns (Pam); daughter: Jennie Wyatt; a host of grand, great and great great grandchildren; sisters: Gail Lanning (Gary), Judy Starkey and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband: Thomas B. Bodine, her parents: Sterling Clarence Sams & Vera Mary Turney Sams, daughter: Sandra Williams, great great grandchild: Elizabeth Hulsey; brother: Jack Sams; sister: Helen Sue Roberson.
Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday June 19, 2016 at Arab Heritage Memorial Chapel. Mike Shirley, officiating. Burial will be in Brashiers’s Chapel Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Kevin Shaw, Jimmy Cobb, Shaun Williams, Adam Bodine, Greg Bodine, Connor Bodine, David Maynard and Andrew Maynard.
Visitation will be 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. – Sunday – June 19, 2016 prior to the service.
From Ronny Bodine (Aug. 24, 2021):
From Marshall County, Alabama Marriage Records:
Thomas Bodine, born 16 Nov 1925 in Marshall County, son of P. R. & Clara (Pesnell) Bodine AND Inez Robinson, born 7 Feb 1925 in Marshall County, were married in Guntersville on 2 Feb 1946.
Obituary, The Advertiser-Gleam (Guntersville, AL) of Wed., 28 Nov 1962.
Mrs. Inez Robinson Bodine, 37, of Scant City, died at City Hospital last Wednesday after a long illness. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Sweet Home Baptist Church by the Rev. Albert Patterson Jr., the Rev. T. E. Bartlett and the Rev. L. D. Junkins. Burial was in the Sweet Home Cemetery directed by Gober Funeral Home. Mrs. Bodine was born in Scant City, a daughter of James Edgar and Minnie Lee Burgett Robinson. She was married 16 years ago to Thomas B. Bodine. She was a member of the Sweet Home Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband; her parents, also of Scant City; two sons, Larry Bodine and Keith Bodine, and a daughter, Sandra Bodine, all at home; two brothers, Loyd Robinson of Attalla 1 and Curtis Robinson of Guntersville 3; three sisters, Mrs. Thelma Gilley and Mrs. Dorothy Head, both of Guntersville 3, and Mrs. Inez Morrow of Huntsville. Pallbearers were Jackie Morrow, Jerry Morrow, Ray Morrow, Bob Gilley, Bill Gilley and Jim Gilley. Cousins and nieces were flower girls.
She died of cancer and was first buried in Sweet Home Cemetery, but was moved to Brashier's Chapel Cemetery, Marshall County in 1991.
2nd marriage--1964--BARBARA ANN SAMS.
From Marshall County, Alabama Marriage Records:
Thomas B. Bodine AND Barbara Ann Sams were married 14 Aug 1964.
Barbara (Sams) Bodine is the daughter of Sterling Clarence and Vera May (Turney) Sams.
Obituary, Arab Heritage Memorial Chapel
Thomas Bodine - Age 83 - of Brashiers Chapel Community, Arab died Thursday, June 18, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Bodine was born in Marshall County, November 16, 1925, the son of Perry and Clara Bodine. He was married to the former Barbara Sams (Bodine), his wife of 45 years. He served his Country in the United States Navy. He was a member of New Brashiers Chapel Methodist Church, the Union Grove Masonic Lodge and also a member of the Frank Bradford Disabled Veterans Chapter. He retired in June of 1984 from Redstone Arsenal as a Computer Specialist. Thomas is survived by his Wife: Barbara Bodine of Arab; Five Sons and Daughters-In-Law: Larry and Roberta Bodine of Arab, Keith Bodine of Arab, Derrick Burns, Jr. and Gay Lynn of Missouri, Michael Keith Burns and Linda of Arab and Stephen Glenn Burns and Pam of Decatur; a Host of Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren; a Brother and Sister-In-Law: Bobby and Sue Bodine of Arab and a Sister and Brother-In-Law: Betty and Sam Griffin of Arab and also a Host of Nieces, Nephews, Church Family and Many Friends. He was Preceded in Death By a Daughter: Sandra Williams and by his Parents: Perry and Clara Bodine. Funeral Service was conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 21, 2009 at Arab Heritage Memorial Chapel, Mike Shirley and Buddy Chamness, officiating. Burial was in Brashiers Chapel Cemetery, Arab Heritage Memorial Chapel, directing. Pallbearers were Adam Bodine, Greg Bodine, Keith Bodine, Derrick Burns III, Michael Burns and Shaun Williams. Visitation was from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday - June 20, 2009 at Arab Heritage Memorial Chapel.
Obituary, The Arab (Ala.) Tribune of 21 June 2016.
Barbara Ann Sams Bodine, 85, of the Brashiers Chapel community of Arab died Friday, June 17, 2016, at Crossville Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Barbara was born March 1, 1931, in Morgan County to Sterling Clarence and Vera Mary Turney Sams. She was married to Thomas B. Bodine, who preceded her in death. She was a homemaker and served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. She was a member of the Amanda King Chapter #472 of Eastern Stars and lived in the Brashiers Chapel Community for 50 years. She was a member of New Brashiers Chapel United Methodist Church. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law: Mike and Linda Burns, Keith Bodine, Larry and Roberta Bodine, Derrick James and Gaye Lynn Burns Jr., and Steve and Burns; daughter: Jennie Wyatt; a host of grandchildren, great- grandchildren and great, great- grandchildren; sisters and brothers-in-law: Gail and Gary Lanning, Judy Starkey and a host of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a daughter: Sandra Williams; great, great-grandchild: Elizabeth Hulsey; brother: Jack Sams; and sister: Helen Sue Roberson. The funeral was at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Arab Heritage Memorial Chapel with Mike Shirley officiating. Burial was in Brashiers Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers were Kevin Shaw, Jimmy Cobb, Shaun Williams, Adam Bodine, Greg Bodine, Connor Bodine, David Maynard and Andrew Maynard. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to New Brashiers Chapel United Methodist Church Building Fund or the Alzheimer's Association.
Burials in Brashiers Chapel Cemetery, Arab, Marshall County, Alabama.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 61686265)
BODINE BARBARA SAMS Mar. 1, 1931 [do date] THOMAS B. Nov. 16, 1925 Jun. 18, 2009 INEZ ROBINSON Feb 7, 1925 Nov. 21, 1962 Married Feb. 2, 1946 Married Aug. 14, 1964