Obit: Eulogy for Mrs. John L. Boddie. Author Unknown.
  Submitted by Dorothy R. Taylor, 111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, La 71291
  Dtaylor@bayou.com
  
  


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  In Memoriam
  Mrs. John L. Boddie
  Born August 13, 1896, died July 25, 1929
  
  "Time brings not death; it brings but changes;
  We know she lives but lives a-far;
  Today some other planet ranges,
  And camps tonight upon a star,
  Where all her other comrades are."
  
  We stand before the open casket containing the last remains of our loved
  one, and amidst our tears, we ponder on the fate that snatches a loving
  mother and devoted wife from the bosom of her family. Fate is an
  inexorable thing. Destiny has no workable formulas. But for her harvest of
  hope and far off interest of tears, death would be unbearable. 
  
  Hundreds if friends throughout Lincoln Parish were saddened last Thursday
  afternoon at the news of the death of Mrs. John L. Boddie. Mrs. Boddie
  died at the farm house four miles East of Town on the Farmerville Highway.
  She was the victim of that dreaded malady, typhoid fever. She had been
  confined to her bed only about a week, though for some time prior to the
  fever attack, she had not been strong.
  
  Mrs. Boddie leaves, besides her husband, John L. Boddie, seven children:
  Lonnie, aged 11; Lucille, aged 10; James, aged 8; Emma, aged 4; Elise,
  aged 4; Duncan, aged 2; and baby Thomas, aged 7 months. Also her mother,
  Mrs. Janie Hinton of Ruston; a sister, Mrs. George Barton of Winnfield,
  LA; a half-sister, Mrs. Alesa Simpson of Ruston; and one brother, Walter
  Hinton of Shreveport.
  
  Mrs. Boddie was born August 13, 1896 on the Warren Farm, 3 miles East of
  Ruston and died on July 25, 1929. She joined the Wesley Chapel Methodist
  Church at the age of sixteen years. She was married to John L. Boddie on
  May 12, 1917.
  
  Mrs. Boddie was Elizabeth Hinton, prior to her marriage. Her father Hugh
  Hinton, Jr. belonged to one of the pioneer families of this section. The
  Hinton's are to be found in almost every section of Lincoln Parish. The
  family has made an honored name for itself everywhere its member have
  gone.
  
  Mrs. Boddie was devoted to her home, her husband, her children, her church
  and her friends. Of a modest, quiet, even-tempered disposition, this good
  woman easily won the love and esteem of all who were fortunate enough to
  know her. She met every burden and duty of the heroic farm woman whose
  life is devoted to her family, her church and her friends. She knew how to
  serve others and to do with small regard for self. Her faith in God and in
  His power to direct those who follow him, was one of the beautiful
  features of her life. This faith was manifested just prior to her death,
  when in an hour of intimate confidence with her mother, she expressed
  great concern about the health of her husband, who like her, had not been
  well for some weeks. She confided to her mother that she had been praying
  to be taken first, if she and John were both to go. God would take care of
  her children, she knew, if both father and mother were called to go. About
  that she had no sort of doubt or fear. Had not God's love and care proven
  equal to every circumstance, every condition, and every situation in her
  own life so far? It had. Would this same love and care be bestowed on her
  seven orphaned children, should God call her home now? It Would. It was in
  this measure of sublime faith that this good mother fell in that dreamless
  sleep from which there is no awakening save in this morning of eternal
  glory.
  
  Burial was in Douglas Cemetery, with Rev. S. E. McFadden of Ruston and
  Rev. R. H. Staples of Douglas in charge. A short funeral service was held
  at the family home for the special benefit of the husband who was confined
  to his bed with the same dreaded typhoid from which Mrs. Boddie died. A
  procession of more than 100 cars, with floral offerings as beautiful as
  they were profuse attested to great love and esteem in which this
  sorrowing family is held.
  
  In the meantime, Mr. Boddie is confined to his bed with typhoid. A trained
  nurse, two good doctors and hundreds of friends and relative are doing
  everything that can be done to  help him win the fight.