Bobby Gerald Permenter

Bobby Permenter, 70, of Orange, passed away on June 26, 2014, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur.

Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M., Saturday, June 28, 2014, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange. Officiating will be his niece, Alicia Kae Permenter of Port Neches.

Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 P.M., Friday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Center, Texas, on December 10, 1943, he was the son of Burtis Permenter and Willie Bea (Wagstaff) Permenter. Bobby was a 1962 graduate of Stark High School, where he played football, baseball, and many other sports. He also enjoyed golf and horse racing. He was an analyst at DuPont and then later Invista.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Burtis and Willie Bea Permenter.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Barbara Jean Permenter of Orange; his daughter, Angie Lange and husband, Mike of Orange; his son, Bobby Braden Permenter and wife, Dorrie of Mauriceville; his grandchildren, Ian Lange of Orange and Cory Strayhorn and wife, Veronica of Silsbee; his great-grandchild, Natalie McClelland of Silsbee; his brother, T.W. Permenter and wife, Lyndia and family of Pinehurst, and his brother, Billy Permenter and wife, Sue and family of Pinehurst.