Bobbie Lynn Hunt

Bobbie Lynn Hunt, age 73, of Coleman, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 in her home with her daughters nearby. Bobbie had bravely battled cancer for almost exactly one year. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2014 at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, 400 West Pecan Street, Coleman, with Sam Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in the Coleman City Cemetery, under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home.

Bobbie Lynn's life began on March 8, 1941 in Coleman. She is the daughter of Coleata Martin Riley and the late Lynn Riley. She attended Coleman schools and graduated in the Class of 1959 from CHS. She then attended Texas Woman's University in Denton. While in Denton, Bobbie met her future husband, Specialist Sammie Lee Hunt, who was stationed at the Army training center nearby. Thus began their life and adventures in the United States Army. While in the Army, San, Bobbie and their two daughters traveled to Germany, Alabama, Kansas and Washington State. While Sgt. Hunt served our country, there were times, such as his two deployments to Vietnam, that his family was unable to go with him. During those times, Bobbie and daughters, Colette and Debbie, would live in Coleman with Bobbie's family, so they also attended Coleman schools on and off over the years. The family's last station in the Army was at Ft. Lewis, Washington. By this time, their eldest daughter, Colette, was a junior in high school. To keep from disrupting her last two years of school, she was blessed to move back to Texas to finish high school and live with her grandmother, Coleata Riley. When Sgt. Hunt retired in 1978, he, Bobbie and Debbie moved to Abilene. Bobbie and Sam moved to Rankin for a few years and then settled back in Coleman. Mr. Hunt became ill and passed away in May, 2002.

During her years as an Army wife, Bobbie Lynn spent most of her time as a homemaker. In her lifetime, she had been a teacher at the Abilene State School. She was also a CNA at Hendrick Medical Center and a floor clerk. Bobbie was an inventory clerk for Hall's Air Conditioning in Abilene. In Coleman, she was a part of the VISTA program, which helped people in need. Bobbie was an avid reader and enjoyed learning new things. She also had a tender heart for the needs and suffering of others. Her daughters gathered from all the notepads and address labels scattered around the house, that she gave to many charities. Some were the American Diabetes Association, which was very close to her heart as she lived with the disease herself. Others she gave to were Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, the American Cancer Society and the Paralyzed Veterans of America. One close to her heart and the one the family requests memorials be given to, is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Bobbie always had a tender heart for children. She was a wonderful, supportive mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

As Bobbie's mother, Mrs. Riley, advanced in age, Bobbie moved in with her to help care for and enable her to remain in her own home. Bobbie Lynn was the primary care-giver of her mother who celebrated her 100th birthday in April of 2013. Less than a month later, Bobbie was diagnosed with lung cancer and began aggressively fighting the disease. Her illness and treatments kept her at Hendrick Medical Center for two months. It became impossible for Bobbie's daughters to take care of their mother and grandmother, so Bobbie's brother, Billy Riley came to Coleman to take over the care of his mother. When it was realized that Bobbie's illness was very critical and was going to entail an extended amount of time, Mr. Riley took his mother to his home in Cedar Park. Bobbie was in and out of the hospital over the past year with complications from the cancer and for treatments. After spending nearly the entire month of April at Hendrick Medical Center, Bobbie was able to come home to Coleman. With the aid of Hospice, her daughters have taken care of her at home for the last month of her life. Bobbie's daughter, Debbie, has rarely left her side, as she is an LVN and wanted the privilege of caring for her mother's needs. Her other daughter, Colette, took care of all the everyday needs that have to be met so that mother and sister didn't have to worry about them.

Bobbie Lynn is survived by her mother, Coleata Riley of Cedar Park; two daughters, Colette Tabor and husband, Joe, of Coleman, Deborah Kenyon of Coleman; one brother, Billy Riley of Cedar Park; two granddaughters, Candice Turner and husband, Joe, of Abilene, Samantha Eberhart and husband, Travis, of Dublin, one grandson, Ryan Kenyon and his wife, Jessica, of Abilene; one great grandson, Tatum Hall of Dublin; and her church family at Hillcrest Church of Christ.

Bobbie was preceded in death by her father, Lynn Riley; one infant son, Terry Lee Hunt; two infant granddaughters, Katelyn Kenyon and Trina Kenyon and her husband, Sammie Hunt.

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