Notes for: Edgar 'Alba' ("Tex") Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

From Genesee County, Michigan Marriage Records:
Alba Bodine, 28, of Flint, Michigan, born Jonesborough, Arkansas, son of Frank Bodine & Annsbelle Taylor AND Eleanor B. Grengs, 26, of Flint, born Amery, Wisconsion, dau. of Math Grengs & Edna A. Nelson, were married 7 Sept 1947 in Flint.

Flint, Michigan City Directories from 1950 to 1956 list Alba and Eleanor B. Bodine as residents.

Newspaper Obituary, The Sun (San Bernardino, Calif.) of Wednesday, 6 Dec 1978.
Eleanor B. Bodine, 57, a 20-year resident of San Bernardino, died there Tuesday. She was a native of Amery, Wis. She was a former supervisor for the State of California Department of Employment. She was a member of the First English Lutheran Church. Survivors include her husband, Alba; a son, Matthew G. of San Bernardino and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Grengs of Riverside. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday in the Mark B. Shaw Memorial Chapel, where friends may call after 10 a.m. today. Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Park.

Obituary, Riverside Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.) of 17 March 1999.
Services for Edgar Alba "Tex" Bodine, 80, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Mortuary in Riverside. He died Thursday of complications of a stroke at Reche Canyon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Colton. Burial will be in Crestlawn Memorial Park in Riverside. Mr. Bodine, who was born in Lorado, Ark., lived in Yucaipa five years. Previously, he lived in Rialto 35 years. He owned Tag-A-Long Trailers in San Bernardino for 25 years. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 until 1946. Mr. Bodine was a member of the Elks Lodge 836 in San Bernardino. He is survived by a son, Matthew of Phelan.