Notes for: Leonard William Bodine
From Ronny Bodine (June 9, 2020):
AFRICAN AMERICAN
On 12 Aug 1946, Leonard William Bodine of Newark, New Jersey, registered for the World War II Draft. He reported he was born 15 July 1928 in Newark, worked for Petronio Shoe Co., and named Mrs. Eva Bodine, his mother, as his next of kin. Marked Negro.
1st marriage--1962--EVELINA RANDLE.
From New Jersey Marriage Records:
Leonard W. Bodine AND Evelina Randle were married May 1962 in Jersey City, Hudson County.
2nd marriage--1966--DOROTHY POWELL.
From New Jersey Marriage Records:
Leonard Bodine AND Dorothy Powell were married July 1966 in Newark, Essex County.
From The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) of 5 Aug 1966.
Leonard Bodine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bodine of Vauxhall, N.J. and Miss Dorothy Jean Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Powell of Lexington were married 9 July in Newark by Rev. Sharper of New Jersey. Mr. Russell Bodine, brother of the groom, was best man. Mrs. Dolores Hicks, sister of the groom, was matron of honor.
From Social Security Records:
Leonard William Bodine applied for a SSN in June 1944. He reported he was born 15 July 1928 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ to Russell & Eva (Harvey) Bodine. He died 20 June 1996.
From North Carolina Death Records:
Leonard William Bodine, Black, of Lexington, NC, born 15 July 1928, died 20 June 1996 in Salisbury, Rowan County.
Newspaper Obituary, The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) of 21 June 1996.
Leonard William Bodine, 67, of Stephen Drive, died Thursday, June 20, at V.A. Medical Center in Salisbury. The funeral will be Tuesday at Frances S. & Jerry C. Gilmore Jr. Memorial Chapel at Gilmore's Funeral Home in Lexington by the Rev. H. B. Waters. Burial will be in National Cemetery. Mr. Bodine was born July 15, 1928, in Newark, N.J. to Russell Bodine and Eva Harvey Bodine. He was a Navy veteran and a former employee of the U.S. Postal Service. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Bodine of the home; a son, Joseph Bodine of Jersey City, N.J.; two daughters, Jacqueline Bodine of Lexington and Jennifer Bodine of Winston-Salem; three grandchildren; and three brothers, Russell Bodine Jr and Donald Bodine, both of Vaux Hall, N.J., and Robert Bodine of Rochester, N.Y. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home and other times at the residence.
Burials in Salisbury National Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina.
LEONARD W. BODINE US Navy Korea Jul 15 1928 Jun 20 1996