Obituary of Vivian Beatrice Scarbrough

VIVIAN BEATRICE SCARBROUGH Aunt of Akivah Northern and the late Babatunde Folayemi On May 1, 2015 Vivian Scarbrough passed away peacefully in her home in Santa Barbara, CA. Aunt Bea as everyone knew her, died after reaching an amazing 108 years old! Whenever asked what the secret of her long and prosperous life Aunt Bea would say, "I know who is take'n care of me." Aunt Bea had a very strong faith in God taught to her she says, "By my Mother and my Father." "We lived right next door to the church and we had the keys. And whenever anyone died, we rang the bells so that the whole town would know." Aunt Bea was born on January 15, 1907, in Lake Charles, LA the first of four children born to Elizabeth and Stewart Robinson. During the great migrations to the north in the 1940s, Aunt Bea moved to Gary, IN where she met and married Nathaniel Scarbrough, a WW II veteran. While Aunt Bea never had children of her own, every summer she took special care of her sister Margaret Dixon's children, Akivah Northern and Margie Vance. Her careful and tender love made their summers happy, carefree and memorable. Many will miss Aunt Bea here in SB. In 2010 she came to SB to live with her family, Akivah and Babatunde. Her nephew, Clade Scarbourgh, her two nieces Akivah and Margie, a great nephew Cinque and two great nieces Kamilah and Kemba survive Aunt Bea. A celebration of Aunt Bea's life will be held on this Saturday, at Grace Community, 949 Veronica Springs Rd, SB, CA from 4 to 5:30 pm.