Funeral services for Thomas ¨Bow Boddie, 77, of Ruston, LA will be 10:00 AM Saturday, September 30, 2006 in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home. Officiating will be Rev. John Trotter. Interment will be at Douglas Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston. Mr. Boddie passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2006, in Ruston following a lengthy illness. He was a member of Douglas United Methodist Church. Mr. Boddie served in the U S Army as a Paratrooper in the 101st Airborne, he was a Veteran of WW II and the Korean Conflict. Mr. Boddie is preceded in death by his wife, Syble Boddie; brothers, James Boddie, Duncan Boddie, Lonnie Boddie, and Willis Boddie. He is survived by two sons, Tommy Boddie and wife Nina of Ruston, LA, Terry Boddie and wife Pam of Mooringsport, LA; grandchildren, Todd Boddie, T. J. Boddie, Nancy Griffith, and Casey Boddie; sisters, Lucille Collins and Emma Tyndall both of Shreveport, LA, and Alesa Roe of Mobile, AL; special friend, Mattie Jean Dye of Dubach, LA. Memorials may be made to the Douglas Cemetery Fund, 1683 Hwy 821, Ruston, LA 71270. Pallbearers will be Todd Boddie, T. J. Boddie, Eddie Griffith, Paul Collins, John Robert Collins, and David Deason. Honorary pallbearers will be Dean Woods, W. B. Slaton, Bobby Clark and Curt Sherrill. Visitation will be 5:00 PM 8:00 PM Friday, September 29, 2006 at the funeral home.