Notes for: Reuben Edward ("Bo") Bodine
From Ronny Bodine:
He is Reuben Earl Bodine, 17, in the 1930 census living with his parents Charles Oliver & Marion Odell Bodine, but many US Navy Muster Rolls from 1942 to 1945 list him as Reuben Edward Bodine. His mother's Sept 1959 obituary names him Reuben Bodine of San Angelo, Texas. City directories for San Angelo from 1952 to 1960 list the following:
1952 R. E. Bodine & Mrs. Skeet Bodine, at 87 Trailer Park. He a geologist with Petroleum Services and she with Friendly Beauty Parlor.
1956 R. E. & Allie M. Bodine at 15 W. 27th. He with Tri-State of Abilene
1957 R. E. & Skeet Bodine at 15 W. 27th. He with Stratalog Well Logging
1959 R. E. & Skeet Bodine at 15 W. 27th. He with Stratalog Well Logging
1960 R. E. 7 Skeet Bodine at 2858 W. Beauregard. He a well logger.
It is apparent that Skeet and Allie are the same person and as only one R. E./Reuben Bodine lived in San Angelo, he is the same person who was named in Marion Bodine's 1959 obituary. Reuben and Allie were married twice to each other:
1st marriage---1938--ALLIE MAE EARLY.
From Midland County, Texas Marriage Records:
Reuben Edward Bodine and Mrs. Allie Maye Webb were married 5 Nov 1938 by C. E. Lancaster, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Big Spring. [Note: From Mitchell County, Texas Marriage Records: C. B. Webb married Allie Mae Early on 8 Dec 1934.]
From Texas Birth Records:
Daughter born to Will Early on 24 Feb 1912 in Mitchell County.
1940 Seagraves, Gaines Co., TX: Allie Mae BODINE 26 TX married beauty parlor operator. Residence on 1 April 1935: Colorado, Mitchell County, Texas.
They apparently divorced and remarried soon afterwards:
2nd marriage--1941--ALLIE MAE EARLY.
From Andrews County, Texas Marriage Records:
R. E. Bodine AND Miss Allie Mae Early were married 2 Jan 1941 by O. G. Weatherby, J.P.
Reuben and Allie M. Bodine appear in the 1945 Fort Worth, Texas city directory and the 1952-1960 San Angelo city directories as noted earlier. Information in the 1960 directory would have been gathered in 1959 and sometime in 1959 Reuben and Allie were divorced and Reuben remarried.
From the Texas Death Certificate of Allie Mae Bodine, beauty shop operator, divorced, dau. of Willy & Molly (Bizzell) Early, born 24 Feb 1912 in Texas; died 18 Nov 1964 in San Angelo, Tom Green County; buried in Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo. Mrs. E. R. Hooper, informant.
3rd marriage--abt 1959--KATHERINE IRENE JOHNSON.
Katherine Johnson was 1st married to George Henry Monse (1910-1995) from whom she was divorced.
From Texas Birth Records:
Kathy Irene Bodine, born 7 Dec 1959 in Jim Wells County to Reuben E. & Katherine (Johnson) Bodine.
Obituary, Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, Tex.) of 15 Oct 1993
DILL CITY, Okla. - Katherine Bodine, a homemaker, died Oct. 6, 1993. She was 73. Survivors include her husband, R.E.; two sons, Wayne Monse of Lexington, Okla., and Richard Monse of Ingleside; two daughters, Thresa Burgess of Ingleside and Kathy Whitson of Burns Flat, Okla.; four brothers; five sisters; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Services were Oct. 9 at First Baptist Church, Burns Flat. Burial was in North Burns Cemetery, Burns Flat. Services were Oct. 9 at First Baptist Church, Burns Flat. Burial was in North Burns Cemetery, Burns Flat.
From Oklahoma Death Records:
Katherine Bodine died 6 Oct 1993 in Custer County.
4th marriage--1994--IRENE SHORTES.
From Beckham County, Oklahoma Marriage Records:
Rubin E. Bodine AND Irene Reed were married 17 Oct 1994 in Elk City. [Note: She was 1st married 17 Dec 1931 in Lovington, NM to Burle Ellison Reed (1910-1988.]
From Social Security Records:
Irene Shortes Reed applied for a SSN in Sept 1940 and reported she was born 8 Jan 1912 in Cruces, OK to Lee & Ethel (Johnson) Shortes. She died 1 Jan 2001. Her last residence was Hobbs, Lea Co., NM.
From Texas Death Records:
Irene Reed Bodine died 1 Jan 2001 in San Patricio County.
Death Notice, The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.) of 25 Oct 2001.
BODINE, R.E. "Bo," 89. Services Saturday (Jack Loftiss, Cordell). CANTON
Burials in North Burns Cemetery, Burns Flat, Washita County, Oklahoma.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 31877940)
BODINE Katherine Aug. 21, 1920 Oct. 6, 1993 R. E. (Bo) Sept. 13, 1912 Oct. 24, 2001