Samuel Levi Boddie

Samuel Levi Boddie, the son of the late Willie R. and Mary L. Boddie, was born on October 27, 1912 in Nash County, North Carolina. He departed this life and went to Glory on Monday, November 11, 2002, surrounded by his loving children.His education at Nash Central in Nash County, North Carolina was interrupted after he completed the ninth grade. Samuel went to work to work on the farm. While working the farm, he met a young woman by the name of Sarah Lewis. In 1934 they were married and from that were born six children, Alice, Senora, Betty, Roland, the late Samuel Jr., and David.His goal of providing for his family led Samuel to move his family from Rocky Mount, North Carolina to Baltimore, Maryland. In 1943, while living in Baltimore, Samuel was called to serve military duty in the Navy during World War II. After completing his tour of duty in the Navy, Samuel returned to his family in Baltimore, where he gave thirty-four years of dedicated service to the Department of the Army at Aberdeen Proving Grounds.Sixty-eight years of marriage, the pairing of Sarah and Bud, as his family and friends affectionately called him, has been a storybook love affair. Through the Great Depression, through the war, through hard times, and through sickness, their love has been immovable.A humble man with a loving spirit and love of life, he raised his children to have a strong work ethic and steadfastness.Samuel brought his family up in the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, now known as Mount Pleasant Church and Ministries.He leaves to mourn his passing: his devoted wife, Sarah Lewis Boddie; two sons, Roland L. Boddie of Baltimore, Maryland and David N. Boddie of Mitchellville, Maryland; three daughters, Alice L. Russell of Baltimore, Maryland, Mary Senora Frazier of Baltimore, Maryland and Bettie L. Cutchin of New Haven, Connecticut; three sons-in-law, Samuel Russell, Joseph Frazier and Claude Cutchin; one daughter-in-law, Kim A. Dagner Boddie; four brothers and their spouses, James and Flossie, Frank and Gertrude, Lee (Doc) and Sylvia, and Carl and Florine: two sisters, Lillian Covington and Mary Wiggs; two grandson, one granddaughter, a great-grandson and great-granddaughter; and a host of other relatives and friends.

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Samuel Levi Boddie

October 27, 1912 - November 11, 2002