She was born to Dallas and Evelyn Austin on August 28, 1941, in Montgomery, Alabama. Jerry Ann attended Bishop-Toolen High School. She was the director of 2B Choices for Women in Mobile from 2003 to 2017.
Jerry Ann and her husband, Thomas R. Bodden, Jr. were involved with Worldwide Marriage Encounter for 19 years.
She adored her grandchildren and was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Jerry Ann will be truly missed.
Jerry Ann was preceded in death by her parents.
She is survived by her devoted husband of 51 years, Thomas R. Bodden, Jr.; two children, Thomas R. Bodden, III, and Lacy Ann Taylor; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Colleen Young and Sylvia Jean Sullivan; as well as a host of nieces, nephews, and other cherished family and friends.
A rosary will be said for Jerry Ann on Saturday, September 5, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. with a Mass of Christian Burial immediately following at 10 a.m. in the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile, Alabama.
Interment will be in Pine Crest Cemetery on Dauphin Island Parkway.
