Funeral services for Shirley Ray Isham Bodine, 88, will be held on Sunday, July 2. 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Bro. Bob Sullivan will officiate. Interment will follow the services at Greenwood Cemetery.
Visitation will be held on Saturday with the family present from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Bodine passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at the Teague Nursing Home.
She was born at home in Mexia on March 9, 1935. Shirley married Jay Fain Bodine on February 27, 1954, and shared over sixty-one years of marriage together until being separated by his death on January 2, 2016. She worked at Boles’ Café, Inderman’s and Barger’s Grocery stores and was the bookkeeper for Bodine’s Place for many years. She was an accomplished quilter and created numerous quilting projects for First Assembly of God Church in Teague for many years. Mrs. Bodine was an excellent cook and baker and made numerous wedding cakes including for all four of her children’s weddings. First and foremost, she was a dedicated housewife and homemaker for her husband and family. Mrs. Bodine was a member of Peace Ministries Church in Teague.
She is survived by four children, Zelinda Rochelle Davis of Irving, Jay Fain (Sandy) Bodine, Jr.& wife Brenda of Kilgore, Lena Beth Erwin & husband Bob of Teague, and Brenda Kay Bodine of Teague; fourteen grandchildren, Justin Williams, Dustin Ray Williams, Jay Fain Bodine, III, Christopher Henry Bodine, Jessica Nicole Orbin, Justin Davis, Mandy Cohorst, Michelle Reneau, Christal Jay Smith, Amy Jo Erwin, Jeremy (Heath) Pickett, Jamie Fesperman, Megan Wadlington, and Sinjin Wadlington; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Geneva Martin and Carol Lynn Compton & husband Graham all of Mexia; one brother, David Isham & wife Nancy of Teague; numerous other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Bodine was preceded in death by her husband, Jay Fain Bodine; an infant son, Steven Mark Bodine; one infant great-grandson, Skyler Williams; six brothers and one sister.
The family requests memorials be made to Peace International Foundation, P.O. Box 37, Teague, TX 75860, or to the charity of your choice.
Please visit our website at www.bowersfuneralhome.net to sign the online guestbook or to leave a message for the family.
