John William Bodine's Obituary
John William "Billy" Bodine (Age 74) passed away peacefully on October 2, 2015, at Inova Loudoun Hospital, after a battle with cancer. He was born on July 20, 1941, to the late George William Bodine and May Belle Keys and was a lifelong resident of Mount Gilead Village, and the third generation living in "The Cottage House" purchased by his Grandfather, J. Howard Keys, in 1911. Billy was among the last students to attend Mountain Gap School, a one-room school house on Rt. 15 near Oatlands. He later attended Loudoun County High School. He was employed by Barber & Ross Co. in Leesburg for over 25 years and was engaged in custom farming in the Mount Gilead area. Billy developed many interests over his lifetime and taught himself to become a talented welder and metal fabricator, auto mechanic, furniture maker, wildlife photographer and amateur arborist. He was a protector of wildlife on Mount Gilead. He researched and planted unusual varieties of trees, which are not native to the area, but which could thrive in this environment and provide a source of food for the deer which visited his home each day. Billy is survived by several cousins and his many friends and neighbors on Mount Gilead and will be missed.
Friends are invited to call at the Loudoun Funeral Chapel, 158 Catoctin Circle, Leesburg VA, between 6 and 8 PM on Friday Oct. 9, 2015. A service will be held at the same location at 10 AM on Saturday October 10, 2015 with internment following at Union Cemetery in Leesburg. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Blue Ridge Wildlife Center, PO Box 326, Millwood VA 22646 or Inova Loudoun Hospital.
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