Nelson "Brown" Bodie

NELSON "BROWN" BODIE

Feb. 3, 1935-Jan. 19, 2022

Funeral services for Nelson "Brown" Bodie, 86, of Waynesboro, will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 form the Chapel of Freeman Funeral Home, with Rev. Marvin Griffin officiating. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 from the Parlor of Freeman Funeral Home.

Following the funeral service, interment will take place at Boyles Chapel Cemetery.

Born in Waynesboro on Sunday, Feb. 3, 1935 to Berry Nelson Bodie and Hattie Bodie, he worked in maintenance for the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

He died on Wednesday, Jan. 19 2022 at his residence, surrounded by his loving family.

He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Eudocia and Jody Arnold of Waynesboro and Angela and George Barlow of Laurel; his son, William Bodie of Mississippi; his brother, Harvey Gene Bodie of Hattiesburg; his sister, Gertie Bell Butler of Saraland, Ala.; 10 grandchildren and their respective spouses, Makayla "Red" Arnold, Kateline "Kate" Arnold, Cole and Kaitlyn Barlow, Cory Barlow, Sommer Barlow, Lydia Friend, Amber Bodie, Ethan Bodie, Matthew West and Candy Pitts; and three great-grandchildren, Brooklyn West, Jackson West and Tyler Williamson.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Nona Elizabeth Bodie; his father, Berry Nelson Bodie; his mother, Hattie Bell Bodie; two brothers, Wendall Bodie and Willie Bodie; and three sisters, Marie Boykin, Anna Faye Bodie and Ruby Lee Walker.

An online guestbook can be signed at www.freemanfh.com.

Freeman Funeral Home of Waynesboro is in charge of arrangements.