Notes for: Lydia 'Norris' Bodine
From Ronny Bodine (June 28, 2021):
From Washington County, Kentucky Marriage Records:
Walter Gresham Royalty, 25, born in Washington Co., KY to James R. & Leila Royalty AND Lidia Norris Bodine, 27, born in Nelson Co., KY to Jno. D. & Sallie Arnold Bodine, were married 23 Nov 1917 in Perryville by George W. Mills.
From Lexington (KY) Leader of Thur., 29 Nov 1917.
Walter G. Royalty and Miss Norris L. Bodine, of Washington county, were married at Perryville by the Rev. G. W. Mills, and came to Harrodsburg to spend their honeymoon. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Sallie Bodine, and the groom is the son of James I. Royalty.
1940 Nelson Co., KY: Walter ROYALTY 48 KY farmer, Norris 50 KY wife, Sara Lee 18 KY dau. Residence on 1 April 1935: Same place.
On 27 April 1942, Walter Gresham Royalty of Bloomfield, Kentucky registered for the World War II Draft. He reported he was born 1 March 1892 in Washington Co., Kentucky, worked for the Kentucky State Highway Department, and named Mrs. Walter Royalty as his next of kin.
From the Kentucky Death Certificate of W. G. Royalty, born 1 March 1892 in Washington Co., KY; died 12 Dec 1949 in Bardstown, Nelson County; buried in Bardstown Cemetery. Mrs. Norris Bodine Royalty, informant.
Obituary, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) of Tue., 13 Dec 1949.
Bardstown, Ky., Dec. 12.---W. G. Royalty, 57, a State Highway Department inspector for rural highways, died at his home here this morning. He was a former storekeeper-gauger.
From Kentucky Death Records:
W. G. Royalty, 57, of Nelson County, died 12 Dec 1949 in Nelson County.
Norris B. Royalty, 91, of Nelson County, died 26 Feb 1981 in Nelson County.
From Social Security Records:
Norris Royalty, born 13 Oct 1889, died February 1981. Last residence was Bardstown, Nelson Co., KY.
Death Notice, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) of Friday, 27 Feb 1981.
BARDSTOWN---Mrs. Walter G. Royalty, 91, died here Thursday. Funeral, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, M. H. Proffitt Funeral Home here. Visitation at the funeral home will be after 2 p.m. Friday.
Burials in Bardstown City Cemetery, Bardstown, Nelson County.
(For grave marker photos see Find A Grave Memorial No. 88947863)
ROYALTY WALTER G. 1892---1949 NORRIS B. 1890---1981