Notes for: Zeola 'Maxine' Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
In a letter of 5 Dec 1977 issued by the Meigs County Department of Education: "According to our records Zeola Bodine, daughter of John Bodine, Route 2, Euchee, Tennessee attended the Euchee School in Meigs County during the 1936-37 school term. She was in the primer and her birth date was recorded as June 24, 1930. Avalee Kyker, kept the records."
However, throughout her life she believed she was born 19 Jan 1930 as her birth was never officially registered with the state. Insofar as the 1930 census, taken on 22 April, did not record her with her family, it appears certain that the date of 24 June 1930 was actually correct.
1st marriage--1946--WILLIE EDWARD COPPIT.
Willie 'Ed' Coppit was a Sergeant First Class with the U.S. Army when he was killed in a vehicle accident on Suck Creek Mountain, near Chattanooga. He had enlisted 1 March 1946. He and Maxine were divorced later in 1946. He was buried in Chattanooga National Cemetery. His death was reported in the Chattanooga Times of 16 July 1952.
2nd marriage--1947--WALTER B. BOYD, JR.
Walter and Zeola Boyd were divorced 1949 in Chattanooga.
Obituary, Chattanooga Times of 2 July 1993.
BOYD, WALTER JR., 69, of Whitwell, Tenn., died Thursday in a Chattanooga hospital. Survivors include his wife, Hettie Boyd, Whitwell; three daughters, Linda Kilgore, Tommie Alder and Susan Boyd, all of Whitwell; son, Walter Boyd, Chattanooga; sister, Tommie Williams, Chattanooga; nine grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. CDT Saturday in McNabb Cemetery with the Rev. Johnny Carr officiating. Arrangements by Hooper Funeral Home, Whitwell.
3rd marriage--1951--JAMES GRANT JOHNSTON.
Obituary, Ryan Funeral Home, Trenton, Georgia & Chattanooga Times of 5 March 2005.
RISING FAWN. Jimmy Johnston, 79, died Thursday, March 3, 2005. He was a member of New Salem United Methodist Church. Mr. Johnston was a retired building contractor in Dade County, Ga. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Maxine Johnston, of Rising Fawn; a daughter, Debbie Crumley, of Greenville, S.C.; son, Rusty Johnston, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; two sisters, Mattie Chandler, of Trenton, Ga., and Margaret Crane, of Rising Fawn; and one granddaughter, Claudia Johnston. The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. EST Sunday at New Salem United Methodist Church with the Rev. Paul Longmire officiating. Interment will be in Hanna Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. today at Ryan Funeral Home, Trenton.
4th marriage--LEO SAMUEL BRADFORD.
From Tennessee Death Records:
Leo Bradford of Georgia, died 21 May 2007 in Hamilton County, aged 82 years.
Obituary, Ryan Funeral Home, Trenton, Georgia.
Maxine Zeola Johnston, age 88, of Fort Walton Beach, FL and formerly of Rising Fawn, GA passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. Born January 19, 1930 in Meigs County, Tennessee to Parents John Daniel Bodine and Nora Jane Ray. She was the youngest of 11 siblings. Mrs. Johnston married James G. Johnston, Sr. on July 9, 1951 in Dade County, GA. She was a member of New Salem United Methodist Church, Rising Fawn, GA. Maxine was a gifted cook and took pride in preparing delicious meals for her family. She will be dearly missed and forever remembered by those who loved her. Preceded in death by her husband of 53 years James Grant Johnston, Sr. and grandson Grant Stanfield Crumley. Survived by her children (son) James G. Jr. "Rusty" (Carol) Johnston of Fort Walton Beach, FL; (daughter) Deborah J. (Stanley) Crumley of Greenville, SC; (son) Walter Daniel Boyd of Chattanooga, TN; (granddaughter) Claudia L. Johnston Guntharp (Steven) and (great-granddaughters) Caroline Mae and Madelyn Catherine of North Little Rock, AR. Mrs. Johnston was laid to rest next to her husband in Hanna Cemetery on January 25, 2019. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Maxine Zeola Johnston please visit our Sympathy Store.