Notes for: Joseph ("Joe Al") Alwin Bodine
Ronny Bodine found his name as Joe Alwin Bodine in the birth record of his daughter Dana. That is also the name on his tombstone.
From Ronny Bodine:
The wedding of Alwin Bodine and Oza Gunn at the home of the bride's brother Herbert Gunn in Colorado City was reported in the "Abilene Reporter-News of 14 Dec 1937. Oza (Gunn) Bodine was the daughter of Daniel Edward and Mary Jane (Copeland) Gunn.
1940 Midland, Midland Co., TX: Alwin J. BODINE 26 TX lineman-electric co., Oza E. 26 TX wife, Dana M. 8/12 TX dau. Residence on 1 April 1935: Same Place.
From Texas Death Certificate of Joe Alwin Bodine, son of William Paschal & Margie Ann (Hale) Bodine, born 29 May 1914 in Texas, died 16 Sept 1977 in Weatherford, Parker County, buried in Memory Gardens.
Obituary, Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram of Sat., 17 Sept 1977.
WEATHERFORD---Joe Al Bodine, 63, a Weatherford resident 26 years, died Friday in a Weatherford hospital. He had retired from civil service at Ft. Wolters in 1968 and was a member of the South Main Street Church of Christ. Surviving are his wife, Oza; a daughter, Mrs. Dana Mize of Weatherford; and two sisters, Mrs. Laverne Murchison of Odessa and Mrs. Patsy Johnson of Andrews. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the South Main Street Church of Christ, with burial in Memory Gardens.
Obituary, Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram of Tuesday, 26 Nov 1985.
WEATHERFORD---Oza Bodine, 72, of Weatherford, died Sunday in Colorado City. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Galbreaith-Pickard Funeral Home Chapel in Weatherford. Burial will be in Memory Gardens in Weatherford. Mrs. Bodine was a native of Loraine, but had lived several years in Parker County. She was a retired civil service bookkeeper and member of Springtown Road Church of Christ in Weatherford. Survivors include her daughter, Dana Mize of Weatherford; one brother, Herbert Gunn of Colorado City; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Burials in Memory Gardens of the Valley, Weatherford, Parker County, Texas.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 86116249)
BODINE Joe Alwin 1914-1977 Married 12-10-1937 Oza Gunn 1913-1985