Larry Dewayne Martel I

Funeral services for Larry Dewayne Martel I, 55, of Sour Lake, will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 4, 2010, at First Baptist Church, Sour Lake with interment to follow at Rosedale Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be held Thursday, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Mr. Martel was born May 3, 1955 in Beaumont, TX to Raymond and Betty Martel and passed away on May 30, 2010 in Livingston, TX. Larry was a past member of Local Union Pipefitters 195 from 1974 through 1984. He is currently a member of United Steelworkers Union 13-1 of Pasadena, TX and was a welder at Rohm and Haas/Dow Chemical. He served as past master at Sour Lake Masonic Lodge 1002.
He was preceded in death by his father; grandparents, Grady Martel, Sr. and wife, Agatha and Elbert DuBose, Sr. and wife, Ardelia. Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Gay Beth Martel; his mother; son, Larry Dewayne Martel II; grandchildren, Corbin James Martel and Larry "Trace" Dewayne Martel III; sisters, Carolyn Abney, Cathy Martel, Patty Allison, and Mona West; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations may be made to the Masonic Lodge 1002, PO Box 1335, Sour Lake, TX 77659 or to the American Heart Association at their website, heart.org.