Notes for: William 'Elbert' Bodine

I did have his name as Elbert Bodine. This is appears to be the William Elbert Bodine who is Tammy Bodine's grandfather.

Here is a message I got from her:

From: Tammy Bodine (tambo47 at hotmail.com)
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002
Subject: The Bodine Family

Thanks for ALL your hard work on the Bodine family line. I just started doing research 2 days ago and cannot believe all the work that has been done thus far. You (and others!) have made my work so much easier.

I am a descendant of James Bodine(c1793-1836), of Marshall County, AL. His grandson, John Franklin was my great-grandfather. I believe I read in some research that you were not sure if James' son, William, had the correct middle initial listed. I believe it is indeed "E." His grandson, my grandfather, was named William Elbert Bodine. It just seemed like a logical conclusion to draw.

If you are interested in extending the line from John Franklin on down, I would be glad to provide the information for you. Anyway, thanks again for the LARGE amount of time you have invested in this. It has been quite interesting and I look forward to finding out more information.

Sincerely,
Tammy Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

Elbert Bodine, aged 24 and single, was living April 1930 with his parents in Coleman County, Texas working on the family farm. Viola (Calhoun) Bodine was the daughter of William Jessie and Mary Elizabeth (Lee) Calhoun. She was buried in Cross Plains Cemetery, Callahan County. William and Katherine Bodine were divorced 30 April 1982 in Garza County, Texas.

Obituary, Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas) of 22 June 1957.
CROSS PLAINS, June 21 (RNS)---Mrs. Viola Bodine, 41, of Cross Plains died Friday in Callahan County Hospital in Baird after a 14 month illness. She was born Oct. 5, 1915, in Callahan County near Cross Plains, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Calhoun. In 1932, she was married to Albert Bodine in Coleman. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Cross Plains. Officiating will be the Rev. V. D. Walters, pastor, with burial to be in Cross Plains Cemetery. She is survived by her husband; a daughter, Linda of the home; two sons, J. B. of the home and Leonard of Baird; her mother, Mrs. Mary Calhoun of Santa Anna; two brothers, James Aubrey and Lancy Mack Calhoun, both of Santa Anna, and one grandchild. Pallbearers be Donald Beard, Fred Long, Ike Neal, Howard Gary, Travis Foster and Chester Glover.

Newspaper Obituary, Hood County News (Granbury, Texas) of Saturday, 28 March 1992.
Elbert Bodine, 86, of Post, died Tuesday, March 24, 1992, at his home after a brief illness. He was the father of J. B. Bodine of Granbury. Bodine was born in Madison County and moved to Post in 1962. He married the former Viola Calhoun in 1931 in Coleman. She died in 1957. He had worked for the former Postex textile mill until his retirement.

Obituary, Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Texas) of 1 Jan 2000.
CLYDE- Katherine Opal Bodine, 82, of Baird, died Thursday, Dec. 30, 1999 at a local hospital. Services are at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel with Jim Hall officiating. Burial in Clyde Cemetery. Mrs. Bodine was born in Cross Plains. She married Henry Jones in 1933; he preceded her in death. She came to Clyde from Post in 1981, having moved to Post from Cross Plains in 1967. She was a homemaker. Survivors include one son, Milton Jones of Odessa; two daughters, Mary Brawley of Angleton, Betty McKinley of Baird; two sisters, Ruth Thorton of Baird, Freeda Van Zandt of Lebanon, Mo.; 12 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; one great-great grandchildren.