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Virginia Elizabeth McDade Bodovsky passed away at her home in Iredell, Texas on Monday, April 20, 2015 with her family at her side. Virginia was born September 30, 1934 in Aubrey, Texas to Bill and Mary McDade. She grew up in Pilot Point, Texas, and married her high school sweetheart, John Bodovsky. They lived in the Dallas/Ft. worth area where she worked at Chance-Vought while he worked and studied to become a barber. Moving to Ft. Worth, Virginia became a homemaker and mother of three children, sons Greg and Alan, and daughter Cheryl Guinn. Virginia and John bought their farm in Iredell in 1966, moving there full time in 1991. Over the next twenty-five years they developed their farm into an exotic animal ranch, Big "B" Exotics, where they raised hoof stock animals. Virginia was known for her cooking, especially her peanut patties. An expert seamstress, she worked at the Lisa Warren Sewing Room in Iredell in the 1970's. Her great hobby was shopping at yard sales. She spent her last years at the ranch, and traveling with John, buying and selling animals for their business. Virginia's great love was her husband John, her devoted caregiver during her eight year struggle with Alzheimer's disease. No matter how ill she was, her eyes always lit up when he entered the room. Virginia is survived by her husband John, her children, Greg, Alan and Cheryl, son in law Chuck Guinn and grandchildren Chelsie and Cheyne Guinn, and Ali and Laena Bodovsky. Also surviving are her sisters Joyce Myers, Marsha Yarbrough, Madolyn Tomlin and Carolyn Pannell, and brothers, Hoyt, Billy, Johnny and Windol, along with many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, her brother Ronnie, and her sisters Francis Powell, Bobbie Osborn and Gwendolyn Sanders. Virginia will be laid to rest during a graveside service at the Pilot Point Community Cemetery, at two p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 2015, her 60th wedding anniversary. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Exotic Wildlife Association, 105 Henderson Branch Rd, Ingram, TX 78025, would be welcome. Online condolences may be shared at www.slaymemorialfuneralhome.com. Services are under the direction of Terri Slay and Slay Memorial Funeral Center of Pilot Point, TX. To send a flower arrangement to the family of Virginia Elizabeth Bodovsky, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.

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Virginia Elizabeth Bodovsky

September 30, 1934 - April 20, 2015