Notes for: Richard ("Rick") Shannon Bodine

From Ronny Bodine:

Newspaper Obituary, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.) of Tuesday, 18 Nov 1969.
A 17-year old Memphis youth drowned yesterday while swimming in the surf off Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he attended Mills School. He was identified as Richard Shannon Bodine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Bodine Jr. of 8559 Dogwood in Germantown. His father owns The Bodine Electric Co., an electronics firm in Collierville. Richard was a senior at the Florida school. He had formerly attended Presbyterian Day School here and Germantown School. He was an Eagle Scout and a member of Germantown Presbyterian Church. He also leaves his paternal grandmother, Mrs. R. H. Bodine of 2906 Tishomingo, and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Shannon of Albuquerque. Memphis Funeral Home on Union has charge. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Germantown Presbyterian Church or the Memphis Education Fund.