Notes for: Robert Nall Bodine, Sr.
He retired as a colonel in the U.S. Army, having taught at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. There is a Newton B. Bodine, Jr. also buried in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with this family. I'm not sure if they are related. It doesn't appear that they are in the same plot.
From Ronny Bodine:
Mary (Alexander) Bodine was the daughter of Paul and Mary (Alina) Alexander. Although her death was reported in her obituary as 15 May, her Texas death certificates records it as 14 May, the date also inscribed on her gravestone.
Obituary, San Antonio Express (San Antonio, Texas) of 17 May 1963.
Mrs. Mary Alexander Bodine, 73, 138 Marcia Place, died May 15. Resident of San Antonio 15 years. Survivors: Husband, Col. Robert N. Bodine, San Antonio; son, Mr. Robert N. Bodine Jr., Washington, D.C.; daughter Mrs. Anne Clifton, Washington, D.C.; brother, Mr. Knox Alexander, Berkeley, Calif.; 4 grandchildren; son-in-law, Maj. General C. V. Clifton, Washington, D.C. Graveside services and interment Ft. Sam Houston Nat'l Cemetery 3 p.m. Friday, May 17, Chaplain Capt. Lester Burnett officiating. Arrangements by Roy Akers CA6-7201.
Obituary, San Antonio Express and News (San Antonio, Texas) of 24 Nov 1968.
Graveside services for Retired Army Col. Robert N. Bodine, 81, of 138 Marcia Pl., will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Fort Sam National Cemetery. Col. Bodine died Thursday, had been a resident of San Antonio for the past 22 years. He commanded the old San Antonio Arsenal at E. Arsenal Street and N. Main Avenue from 1946 until 1948, the year he retired. A 1912 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, Col. Bodine's military assignments included a tour with the San Antonio Ordinance Depot from 1926-29 and a five-year assignment as an ordance instructor at West Point from 1922-1926. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1931 and served with the War Department General Staff from 1938-41. He served in Panama during World War II. Survivors include a son, Robert N. Bodine Jr. and a daughter, Mrs. C. V. Clifton, both of Washington, D.C. Mrs. Clifton is the wife of Maj. Gen. C. V. Clifton. Arrangements are being handled by Roy Akers Funeral Chapels.
Ronny also sent me the following from the 1940 Census of the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
No. 1546 Que Street, 17 April
BODINE, Robert N. 52 MO Lt. Col. US Army, Mary A. 49 MO wife, Robert N. Jr. 18 MD son, Lina ALEXANDER 73 MO widowed mother-in-law.