Mr. Bodkin was born Sept. 27, 1928, in Brandywine and was a son of the late Byron Bodkin and Fannie Catherine Hartman Bodkin.
He was a farmer for Eye and Craig Farms for 45 years and was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of Cedar Grove Church of the Brethren.
Surviving are his wife, Carol Lee Simmons Bodkin; three daughters, Fern Kline of Franklin, Elizabeth Hostetter of Hot Springs, Virginia, and Carol Ann Shiflett of Churchville, Virginia; two sons Neil Simmons of New Market, Virginia, and Terry Lee Bodkin of Franklin; three sisters, Erma Carter of Martinsburg, Elva Crouse of Dayton, Virginia, and Juanita Cowger of Baltimore, Maryland; three brothers, Billy S. Bodkin, Roy A. "Mickey" Bodkin and Bobby G. Bodkin, all of Brandywine; 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by three grandsons, Doug Simmons, Jerry Shell and Nathan Bodkin; and one granddaughter, Brandy Shiflett.
The Rev. Harold Cullers and Bishop David Hartman conducted the funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of the Basagic Funeral Home in Franklin. Burial was at the Pine Hill Cemetery in Brandywine with military rites by the Pendleton County Veterans Honor Guard.
Published in The Pendleton Times, Franklin, West Virginia, January 8, 2004.
Mr. Bodkin was born Sept. 27, 1928, in Brandywine and was a son of the late Byron Bodkin and Fannie Catherine Hartman Bodkin.
He was a farmer for Eye and Craig Farms for 45 years and was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of Cedar Grove Church of the Brethren.
Surviving are his wife, Carol Lee Simmons Bodkin; three daughters, Fern Kline of Franklin, Elizabeth Hostetter of Hot Springs, Virginia, and Carol Ann Shiflett of Churchville, Virginia; two sons Neil Simmons of New Market, Virginia, and Terry Lee Bodkin of Franklin; three sisters, Erma Carter of Martinsburg, Elva Crouse of Dayton, Virginia, and Juanita Cowger of Baltimore, Maryland; three brothers, Billy S. Bodkin, Roy A. "Mickey" Bodkin and Bobby G. Bodkin, all of Brandywine; 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by three grandsons, Doug Simmons, Jerry Shell and Nathan Bodkin; and one granddaughter, Brandy Shiflett.
The Rev. Harold Cullers and Bishop David Hartman conducted the funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of the Basagic Funeral Home in Franklin. Burial was at the Pine Hill Cemetery in Brandywine with military rites by the Pendleton County Veterans Honor Guard.
Published in The Pendleton Times, Franklin, West Virginia, January 8, 2004.
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