Mattie Beatrice "Mae" "Bea" (Lile) (Hunter) (Cunningham) Colburn
Nov 30, 1901 - Dec 11, 1996
 

Bea Lile Colburn

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Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Bea Lile Colburn was born November 30, 1901 in Shawnne, Oklahoma to Catherine and Albert Lile and passed away December 11, 1996 in the Cheyenne Care Center at the age of 95 years and 11 days.

She married Daily Hunter in Corley, Arkansas.

She later married Jess Cunningham in Paris, Arkansas and they moved to Cheyenne in 1929 where she has made her home since then.

After Jess passed away, she married Jim Colburn and he passed away in 1966.

Bea was a caring person who was concerned with helping those in need and was also active in the community.

She attended the Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands and one son, Winford "Tuffy" Hunter.

Survivors are one daughter, Ernestine H. Brecheisen of Hugoton, Kansas; one son, James Harold Cunningham of Dallas, Texas; two sisters, Annie Foshee and Ocie Smith, both of Paris, Arkansas; six grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; one great great grandson and a host of relatives and friends.

Interment in the Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.