Anna Lebby Prothro Bodendorf

AIKEN - Anna Lebby Prothro (Bing) Bodendorf, born in Augusta, GA on October 24, 1930. She left this world on March 20, 2010. She always considered herself a lifelong resident of Aiken, being raised here by her mother Anna Lebby Rhodes and father Wilson E. Prothro and stepfather William R. Rhodes. She attended Ashley Hall and Winthrop College. She met Everett F. (Bode) Bodendorf in Washington, DC at a YWCA dance and married soon after in Falls Church, VA. They were married 58 years during which they had many more dances and quite a few children. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 PM Saturday, April 24, 2010 at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church with the Reverend Joseph Whitehurst officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the Stevenson-McClelland Building. She is survived by her husband, Bode; her children Fred M. Bodendorf, Greensboro, NC, Robert H. Bodendorf, Orange, VA, Anna Lebby B. Guire, Jacksonville, FL and Julia Prothro B. Hassler, Neptune Beach, FL, and their spouses. She was preceded in taking the next step by her son Jon Everett Bodendorf. She has 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Bing was an avid tennis player and also loved the ocean. Bing had a deep appreciation for nature all her life and passed this love to her children. She had a heart as big as the ocean and a spirit in the sky, which is where we are sure she now resides. Anna's online guest book may be signed at www.shellhousefuneralhome.com In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made in Anna's name to St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church, 125 Pendleton St., Aiken, SC 29801. Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 9824 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Anna Lebby Prothro Bodendorf, please visit our flower store.