Birth: 25 Jan 1862; Saluda County, South Carolina
Death: 9 Oct 1934, High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina

Parents:
Obediah Bodie, Jr. (1832-1862)
Annie Elizabeth Chapman Bodie (1832-1903)

Sibling:
William Obadiah Bodie (1854-1929)
Bettie Bodie Black

Spouse: Lilla Emma Vansant Bodie
Marriage: 24 Dec 1895 in Saluda County, South Carolina

Children:
Earl Kennan Bodie (1896-1987)
Ralph Gilbert Bodie (1898-1978)
Muriel Bodie Brown (1899-1968)
Winifred Bodie (1900-1961)
Henry Cromer Bodie (1903-1978)
Nathan Vansant Bodie (1907-1979)

Education: Newberry College, A.B. 1893, A.M.; Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, 1895, B.D. 1926.

Ordination: 1894 by South Carolina Synod. Calls: In South Carolina, 1894-98, 1907-12. In Georgia, 1898-1903. In North Carolina in 1903-07 and 1912-26: Christiana, Granite Quarry-Union, Rowan County; St. Luke-Pilgrim, Davidson County-Reformation, Davie County; Christiana-Wittenberg, Granite Quarry-St. James, Rockwell; Grace, Thomasville; second time, Union, Rowan County.

Other: Retired 1927. Pioneer in Sunday School teacher training. Member and Chair, Boards of Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute and Mont Amoena Seminary. Joint Communion Basis and Constitution for Merger of North Carolina and Tennessee Synods, 1919-21.

Burial:  Union Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rowan County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com, #144142804.

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