MARY ALICE BODINE
Mary Alice Bodine is planning on taking a business course after graduation. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bodine of Dallas.
Home Economics has been Mary's favorite course and her favorite subject has been mathematics.  Henry W. Longfellow is her best0liked author and Clark Gable and Alice Faye are her favorite movie stars.
Mary liked to play volley ball and she enjoyed watching football games. The event that she enjoyed most during her high school career was the Junior Play.
The thing that Mary liked best about the spirit of Carrollton High was the part taken by the students in activities.
Mary's three best adult friends are Katheline Mitchell, Curt Mitchell and Virginia Milner.  Mary wishes to live her adult life near Dallas.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, May 16, 1941

OBITUARY

 

In Memory of Mary Alice Coates Arlington, Texas December 19, 1923 - March 1, 2017 Mary Alice Bodine Coats, 93, a fun loving mother, wife, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away March 1, 2017. Mary Alice was born in Jacksonville TX in 1923. She graduated from Carrollton High School where she met and married her sweetheart of 65 years, Gene Coats. Mary Alice was a floral designer and had a custom wedding business with partner Ruby Beard for 30 years. She and Gene raised 4 children and traveled the world collecting rocks and shells. She was a Sunday school teacher working with young people at Woods Chapel and Fielder Road Baptist Church for many years. She was a dedicated Christian who spent much of her time serving others. She volunteered at Mission Arlington, working the Christmas store and telling the Christmas Story to the children, as well as telling the Passion story in the spring on the Easter Holiday for many years. She also entertained adults in her Sunday school and Triple L group with many fun crazy programs. She always loved to laugh, joke, and play. She is preceded in death by her husband Robert Eugene Coats, and children Robert E. Coats Jr., and Charlene Coats Anders. She is survived by daughters Francine and husband Richard Squyers, and Pam Coats, grandchildren Amy and Andrew Pryor, Candiss and Levi Smith, Cody and Jill Anders, Russell Squyers, Charlie Squyers and fiancé Jennifer Roseberry, and nine great-grandchildren. Also many nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family In Lieu of flowers please make donations to Mission Arlington, Vitas Hospice, or the LLL group of Fielder Road Baptist Church.

Mary Alice Bodine Coats, 93, a fun loving mother, wife, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Friday, March 10, at Fielder Road Baptist Church Visitation: 6 p.m. Thursday, March 09,. at Moore-Bowen Funeral Home. Mary Alice was born in Jacksonville, Texas in 1923. She graduated from Carrollton High School where she met and married her sweetheart of 65 years, Gene Coats. Mary Alice was a floral designer and had a custom wedding business with partner Ruby Beard for 30 years. She and Gene raised 4 children and traveled the world collecting rocks and shells. She was a Sunday school teacher working with young people at Woods Chapel and Fielder Road Baptist Church for many years. She was a dedicated Christian who spent much of her time serving others. She volunteered at Mission Arlington, working the Christmas store and telling the Christmas Story to the children, as well as telling the Passion story in the spring on the Easter Holiday for many years. She also entertained adults in her Sunday school and Triple L group with many fun crazy programs. She always loved to laugh, joke, and play. She is preceded in death by her husband Robert Eugene Coats, and children Robert E. Coats Jr., and Charlene Coats Anders. In Lieu of flowers please make donations to Mission Arlington, Vitas Hospice, or the LLL group of Fielder Road Baptist Church. Survivors: She is survived by daughters, Francine and husband, Richard Squyers, and Pam Coats; grandchildren, Amy and Andrew Pryor, Candiss and Levi Smith, Cody and Jill Anders, Russell Squyer and , Charlie Squyers and fiance, Jennifer Roseberry; and nine great-grandchildren.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram - March 8, 2017

Mary Alice - 1923 - 2017
Robert E. - 1923 - 2007
COATS

Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas