Billie Earline Cliburn
(6/8/1941 – 4/7/2024)

Billie Earline Cliburn, 82 of Little Rock, MS passed away Sunday, April 7, 2024 at her residence in Little Rock, MS. She was born Sunday, June 8, 1941 in Mendenhall, MS.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 from 9:00am until 11:00am at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Mendenhall, 3077 Simpson Hwy 13, Mendenhall, MS. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 11:00am at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Mendenhall. Burial will follow in Everett Cemetery in Mendenhall, MS. Bro. Carl Floyd will officiate. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Mendenhall is in charge of arrangements. 601-847-4401

Mrs. Billie was a lifelong resident of Simpson County. She worked as a cafeteria cook at Mendenhall City Schools for 23 years. She was known as a bargain hunter and loved her thrift stores. She loved to collect antiques and antique dolls. She loved her cookie jars and had an assortment of them. She may have seemed tough but she had a tender heart and loved like crazy. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Cliburn; father, William Samuel Floyd; mother, Lula Mae Higgins Floyd; brother, Buddy Floyd.

Survivors include her son, Billy Charles Burnham; daughters, Shelia Tanner (Ronald Hale) and Annie Peebles (Barry); sister, Doris Blaire; grandsons, Sam Burnham, Bill Burnham, Max Lee and Brandon King (Madison); granddaughters, Amanda Porter (Steven), Blaire Tanner and Michelle Frede (Greg); and a host of great and great-great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Sam Burnham, Bill Burnham, Max Lee, Timothy Burnham, Preston Smith, Noah Sims, and Jax Smith.

An online guestbook may be signed at www.colonialchapelmageemendenhall.com