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Bettie Mae <I>Oliver</I> Bee

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Bettie Mae Oliver Bee

Birth
Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA
Death
27 May 1932 (aged 46)
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Burial
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 4, Lot 49.
Memorial ID
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She was named Mary Elizabeth Oliver by her parents, Jule J. Oliver and Mary Mosely Oliver. She was a long time legal secretary and stenographer for Carlos Bee before their marriage. They married in 1926, three years after the death of his first wife, Mary Burleson Bee. Her obituary states that she was to buried in Longview, but there is a stone with her name next to that of her husband, Carlos Bee. The Place of Removal or Burial on her death certificate has Longview, Texas scratched out and the Confederate Cemetery written in the box. Her cause of death was Exhaustion due to insanity. She died at the San Antonio State Hospital.

The San Antonio Light
Sunday, September 10, 1928
Mrs. Carlos Bee on $200 Bond in Alleged Attack
Mrs. Carlos Bee, 40, of 223 Fourth Street, was released under $200 bond late Saturday after she was booked at police headquarters for aggravated assault in connection with an alleged attack on Miss Lillie Cade, 1007 North St. Mary’s Street. Miss Cade was cut once on the arm with a knife, police said.

The attack, according to reports to police, was alleged to have occurred while Mr. Bee, former Congressman and San Antonio attorney, was talking to Miss Cade in the Maverick Building, where Mr. Bee has offices.

When police arrived, Mr. and Mrs. Bee were in the attorney’s office.

San Antonio Express Saturday, May 28, 1932
Bee. Mrs. Bettie Mae Bee died at a local hospital Friday morning in her 46th year. She is survived by her brothers, E.B. Oliver of Longview, Texas and J.J. and Frank Oliver of Marshall, Texas and sister, Mrs. Isadore Goldbloom of Santa Barbara, Mexico. The body will be sent by Porter Loring, mortician, Saturday evening to Longview, Texas for services and interment in that city.
She was named Mary Elizabeth Oliver by her parents, Jule J. Oliver and Mary Mosely Oliver. She was a long time legal secretary and stenographer for Carlos Bee before their marriage. They married in 1926, three years after the death of his first wife, Mary Burleson Bee. Her obituary states that she was to buried in Longview, but there is a stone with her name next to that of her husband, Carlos Bee. The Place of Removal or Burial on her death certificate has Longview, Texas scratched out and the Confederate Cemetery written in the box. Her cause of death was Exhaustion due to insanity. She died at the San Antonio State Hospital.

The San Antonio Light
Sunday, September 10, 1928
Mrs. Carlos Bee on $200 Bond in Alleged Attack
Mrs. Carlos Bee, 40, of 223 Fourth Street, was released under $200 bond late Saturday after she was booked at police headquarters for aggravated assault in connection with an alleged attack on Miss Lillie Cade, 1007 North St. Mary’s Street. Miss Cade was cut once on the arm with a knife, police said.

The attack, according to reports to police, was alleged to have occurred while Mr. Bee, former Congressman and San Antonio attorney, was talking to Miss Cade in the Maverick Building, where Mr. Bee has offices.

When police arrived, Mr. and Mrs. Bee were in the attorney’s office.

San Antonio Express Saturday, May 28, 1932
Bee. Mrs. Bettie Mae Bee died at a local hospital Friday morning in her 46th year. She is survived by her brothers, E.B. Oliver of Longview, Texas and J.J. and Frank Oliver of Marshall, Texas and sister, Mrs. Isadore Goldbloom of Santa Barbara, Mexico. The body will be sent by Porter Loring, mortician, Saturday evening to Longview, Texas for services and interment in that city.


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  • Created by: SLGMSD
  • Added: Nov 4, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22656894/bettie_mae-bee: accessed ), memorial page for Bettie Mae Oliver Bee (23 Feb 1886–27 May 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22656894, citing Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA; Maintained by SLGMSD (contributor 46825959).