I am Corbett Benjamin Coburn, Jr. (C. B.) Born December 07, 1940 – Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.
Parents: Corbett Benjamin Coburn (Sr.) Born in Oklahoma (try Moore or Sulfur) (Died March 25, 1980 Lake Providence, La)
Jesse Jewell Williams Coburn (Try Tallabena or Tallulah, Madison Parish, La) Born August 15, 1924
Paternal Grandparents:
Walter Benjamin Coburn.Born Oct. 17, 1888 (Oklahoma) – Died Nov. 26, 1956 (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La) Willie Etta Smith Coburn.Born April 22, 1895 Oklahoma)- Died Jan. 25, 1974 Buried(Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) below.
Obituary of Mrs. Willie Coburn(Grandmother)
The Caldwell Watchman, January 31, 1974
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday for Mrs. Willie Etta Coburn, 79, of Lake Providence, who died at about 2 p.m. Friday in the East Carroll Parish Hospital after a long illness.
Services was in the chapel of Kidder-Cox Funeral Home of Lake Providence. Officiating at the services were Rev. Steve Grizzle and the Rev. R. V. Kinney.Burial was in the Lake Providence Cemetery.
Survivors include four sons, C. B. Coburn (Sr.), T. M. Coburn and T. C. Coburn, all of Lake Providence and Archie Coburn of West Monroe; a daughter, Mrs. Fannie Evelyn Williams of Columbia.
[that is Corbett Benjamin Coburn, Theodore Monroe (Mutt) Coburn, Thomas Clovis Coburn, Archie Lloyd Sylvester Coburn]
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Theodore Monroe Coburn, 78 LAKE PROVIDENCE - Theodore Monroe Coburn, a grain elevator manager, died May 20, 1999. The funeral is 2 p.m. Saturday at Cox Funeral Home chapel, Lake Providence. Burial is at the Providence Memorial Cemetery, Lake Providence.
I think Walter Benjamin Coburn's parents may be John Coburn Feb 1861, born in Iowa and SadieCoburn Jan 1867 born in Illinois. They had 6 children: Edmond, Jennie, Johnie, Raymond, Ira, and Walter. Not sure if this is the right family, but it is the only listing of Walter Coburn on any census in Oklahoma. [[[[ I have doubts about this. I think his mother was Cynthia]]]]]
Another said -
our grandmother,cynthia/centa?jackson coburn,wife of benjamin coburn,is believed to have lived in the bastrop,la.with one of her sons,henry harrison coburn or walter b coburn.she is buried in lake providence area according to family info.if any of these names are familiar to you please let us know.we have looked everywhere cant find hide nor hair.thanks. [[[[This seems likely Walter B(enjamin) lived in Lake Providence, but his mother did not live with him - he was blind and was unable to take care of himself let alone his mother. His brother, Dave, lived in Bastrop along with other relatives. Years after Walter died, Willie Etta married Dave. Dave died in Bastrop]]]]
Another said -
I have Thomas clovis Coburn married EstelleWalker. Died in Lake Providence, LA. Buried in MonticelloLA. [[[[This is a small rural church cemetery]]]]]
His parents are Walter Benjamin Coburn born in OK, and Willie Etta Smith born in OK.
Siblings: Archie, Theodore, Frannie,[[[[[Fannie]]]] and Corbett. Archie served in the military (I have a picture of him in uniform with a woman named May--dark complexion, black burly hair just past her shoulder, significantly taller and broader built than he was--but not fat, he appears rather small.) [[[[ Archie was nicknamed "Shorty" because he was short. He was muscular. He was in Signal Corps of US Army during WWII. After the war he married Beulah. May ? must have been a girl friend]]]]] I have pictures of 2 little boys together in 2 different pictures Bobbie and C.B. [[[[I am the C.B., Bobby is my brother - I would like to see the pictures]]]] I have another picture of Bobbie as a little boy playing with 3 puppies (very light blonde hair. I have a picture of Marie coburn (not sure who she is either) [[[[Marie is probably wife of Theodore - I could verify the picture]]]]] I have a picture of LaurelCoburn [[[[I have never heard of a Laurel Coburn]]]] (and a separate one of Corbett that appears to have been taken at the same place on the same day.)
