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Obituaries for

Claybar Funeral Home

In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.

Ethelbert Aquila Moore Jr.

Ethelbert Aquila Moore Jr.

Oct 14, 2019

On October 14, 2019, Ethelbert Aquila Moore, Jr. (88), known as Ebb, of Beaumont, Texas, went to be with his Lord and Savior. Ebb was born in Dayton, Texas on September 5, 1931, to Ethelbert Aquila Moore, Sr. and Myrtle Haskins Moore. The family moved to California where Ebb went to school in the Thousand Oaks area and attended high...

JoAn "Granny Jo" Jacobs

JoAn "Granny Jo" Jacobs

Oct 13, 2019

JoAn “Granny Jo” Jacobs, 84, of Vidor, Texas, passed away on October 13, 2019, at her home in Vidor. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 17, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Dr. Stephen Dollar of Pine Forest Baptist in Vidor. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in West Orange. Visitation will...

Florence Guillory Rider

Florence Guillory Rider

Oct 13, 2019

Florence Guillory Rider, 88, of Orange, Texas, passed away on October 13, 2019, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Michael Purcell, of West Orange Baptist Church. Burial will follow the service at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be...

Billy Dean Burnett Sr.

Billy Dean Burnett Sr.

Oct 13, 2019

Billy Dean Burnett Sr., 81, of Orange, Texas, passed away on October 13, 2019, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 18, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Barry Bradley, of First Baptist Church in Orange. Burial will follow the service at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will...

Guadalupe Cardona Vargas

Guadalupe Cardona Vargas

Oct 12, 2019

Guadalupe Cardona Vargas, a resident of Beaumont, was born on September 7, 1940 in Asherton, Texas. He was a son of Manuel Vargas, Sr. and Teodora Cardona Vargas. He passed from his earthly life into the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at the age of 79. A man of great faith, he...

Joyce M. Freeman

Joyce M. Freeman

Oct 12, 2019

Joyce M. Freeman, 85, of Conroe, Texas, passed away on October 12, 2019, in Beaumont, Texas. Joyce spent most of her life in Groves, Texas. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City. Officiating will be Brother Murrey Ray and Reverend J. W. Harrell. Burial will follow at Oak Bluff...

D. M. Gordy

D. M. Gordy

Oct 11, 2019

Delbert M. Gordy, 87, of Orangefield, Texas passed away on October 11, 2019, at his home in Orangefield. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Cody Hogden, of First Baptist Church in Orangefield. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be held from...

Marie Howell

Marie Howell

Oct 10, 2019

Marie Howell, 93, of Sulphur, Louisiana, passed away on October 10, 2019, at her home in Sulphur. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange, Texas. Born in Oakdale, Louisiana, on January 26, 1926, she was the daughter of Ernest C. Rowan and Lily Bea Eastwood. Marie was a...

Michael Johnathan Keener

Michael Johnathan Keener

Oct 9, 2019

Michael Johnathan Keener was born February 21st, 1977 in Phoenix Arizona. When Michael was a child he loved his parents very much. His father George Robert Keener raised Michael and instilled in him a love for animals. At one time in his youth Michael cared for eighty dogs at one time along with other animals such as rabbits, chickens, ducks,...

James Earl McAnally

James Earl McAnally

Oct 8, 2019

James Earl McAnally, 76, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on October 8, 2019, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 11, 2019, at St. John Lutheran Church in Beaumont. Officiating will be Pastor Jim Menke. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, October 10, 2019 at...

Eloise Thompson

Eloise Thompson

Oct 8, 2019

Eloise Thompson began her life’s journey on December 18, 1919, born in Merryville, Louisiana and left this world to be present with her Lord on October 8, 2019 at the age of 99 in Katy, Texas. She was the oldest of five children born to Johnnie and Virgie Marze. She graduated high school from Merryville High School and soon after,...

Mary Belle Ballard

Mary Belle Ballard

Oct 8, 2019

Mary Belle Ballard, 84, of Orange, Texas, passed away on October 8, 2019, at her home in Orange. Born in Center, Texas, on August, 9, 1935, she was the daughter of Jessie McMillon and Ima (Gray) McMillon. Mary will be missed by all who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie and Ima McMillon;...

Ray Leleux

Ray Leleux

Oct 7, 2019

Ray Leleux, 75, passed away on October 7, 2019, at his home in Orange, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 11, 2019, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger. Burial will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, at Holy Rosary Cemetery in Kaplan, Louisiana....

Melba Maxine Simmons Smith Crew Klock

Melba Maxine Simmons Smith Crew Klock

Oct 6, 2019

Melba Maxine Simmons Smith Crew Klock Melba Maxine Simmons Smith Crew Klock, 88, of Orange, Texas, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on October 6, 2019, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 10, 2019, at Maranatha Christian Center in Orange. Officiating the service will be Reverend Daniel Ray. Cremation...

Robert Lynn Young

Robert Lynn Young

Oct 5, 2019

Robert Lynn Young, 53, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on October 5, 2019. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 10, 2019, at Sabine Tabernacle in Beaumont. Officiating will be Jimmy Boykin. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont. Visitation will be held prior to the service, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Born in Beaumont, Texas,...

Tim Ngoc Nguyen

Tim Ngoc Nguyen

Oct 4, 2019

Tim Ngoc Nguyen, 58, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on October 4, 2019, in Galveston, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 10, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger, of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00...

Judith Anne Marlowe

Judith Anne Marlowe

Oct 4, 2019

Judith Anne Marlowe, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away on October 4, 2019, in Groves, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Joseph Daleo. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service, beginning at...

John Albert Ognoskie

John Albert Ognoskie

Oct 4, 2019

John Albert Ognoskie was born on July 25, 1964, to Daniel and Lorene (Warnasch) Ognoskie in Orange, Texas. He graduated from West Orange High School in 1982. John was a Union Journeyman carpenter. He married Elizabeth Fitzgerald June 16, 1998, and they divorced in 2003. John was a member of the Local Union 551 and was an avid hunter, fisherman,...

Ricky Wayne Sons

Ricky Wayne Sons

Oct 3, 2019

Ricky Wayne Sons, 69, of Orange, Texas, passed away on October 3, 2019, in Orange after a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held at King Cemetery in Hartburg, Texas at a later date. Ricky was born on September 4, 1950, in Louisiana. He worked as a carpenter all of his life. He loved to fish and crab. He...

Dorothy Jane Jenkins Merrill

Dorothy Jane Jenkins Merrill

Oct 2, 2019

Dorothy Jane Jenkins Merrill, born March 2, 1929, longtime owner of Little Folks Day Care Center in Beaumont, passed this life October 2, 2019 at Village Creek Nursing Home at 12:30 am. She is proceeded in death by her parents, Ernest and Emmy Jenkins; her beloved husband, David; and her grandson, Micah Parker. Dorothy was born in Temple, Texas and...

Ethelbert Aquila Moore Jr.

Ethelbert Aquila Moore Jr.

Oct 14, 2019

On October 14, 2019, Ethelbert Aquila Moore, Jr. (88), known as Ebb, of Beaumont, Texas, went to be with his Lord and Savior. Ebb was born in Dayton, Texas on September 5, 1931, to Ethelbert Aquila Moore, Sr. and Myrtle Haskins Moore. The family moved to California where Ebb went to school in the Thousand Oaks area and attended high...

JoAn "Granny Jo" Jacobs

JoAn "Granny Jo" Jacobs

Oct 13, 2019

JoAn “Granny Jo” Jacobs, 84, of Vidor, Texas, passed away on October 13, 2019, at her home in Vidor. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 17, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Dr. Stephen Dollar of Pine Forest Baptist in Vidor. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn in West Orange. Visitation will...

Florence Guillory Rider

Florence Guillory Rider

Oct 13, 2019

Florence Guillory Rider, 88, of Orange, Texas, passed away on October 13, 2019, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Michael Purcell, of West Orange Baptist Church. Burial will follow the service at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be...

Billy Dean Burnett Sr.

Billy Dean Burnett Sr.

Oct 13, 2019

Billy Dean Burnett Sr., 81, of Orange, Texas, passed away on October 13, 2019, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 18, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Barry Bradley, of First Baptist Church in Orange. Burial will follow the service at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will...

Guadalupe Cardona Vargas

Guadalupe Cardona Vargas

Oct 12, 2019

Guadalupe Cardona Vargas, a resident of Beaumont, was born on September 7, 1940 in Asherton, Texas. He was a son of Manuel Vargas, Sr. and Teodora Cardona Vargas. He passed from his earthly life into the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at the age of 79. A man of great faith, he...

Joyce M. Freeman

Joyce M. Freeman

Oct 12, 2019

Joyce M. Freeman, 85, of Conroe, Texas, passed away on October 12, 2019, in Beaumont, Texas. Joyce spent most of her life in Groves, Texas. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City. Officiating will be Brother Murrey Ray and Reverend J. W. Harrell. Burial will follow at Oak Bluff...

D. M. Gordy

D. M. Gordy

Oct 11, 2019

Delbert M. Gordy, 87, of Orangefield, Texas passed away on October 11, 2019, at his home in Orangefield. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Cody Hogden, of First Baptist Church in Orangefield. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be held from...

Marie Howell

Marie Howell

Oct 10, 2019

Marie Howell, 93, of Sulphur, Louisiana, passed away on October 10, 2019, at her home in Sulphur. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange, Texas. Born in Oakdale, Louisiana, on January 26, 1926, she was the daughter of Ernest C. Rowan and Lily Bea Eastwood. Marie was a...

Michael Johnathan Keener

Michael Johnathan Keener

Oct 9, 2019

Michael Johnathan Keener was born February 21st, 1977 in Phoenix Arizona. When Michael was a child he loved his parents very much. His father George Robert Keener raised Michael and instilled in him a love for animals. At one time in his youth Michael cared for eighty dogs at one time along with other animals such as rabbits, chickens, ducks,...

James Earl McAnally

James Earl McAnally

Oct 8, 2019

James Earl McAnally, 76, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on October 8, 2019, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 11, 2019, at St. John Lutheran Church in Beaumont. Officiating will be Pastor Jim Menke. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, October 10, 2019 at...

Eloise Thompson

Eloise Thompson

Oct 8, 2019

Eloise Thompson began her life’s journey on December 18, 1919, born in Merryville, Louisiana and left this world to be present with her Lord on October 8, 2019 at the age of 99 in Katy, Texas. She was the oldest of five children born to Johnnie and Virgie Marze. She graduated high school from Merryville High School and soon after,...

Mary Belle Ballard

Mary Belle Ballard

Oct 8, 2019

Mary Belle Ballard, 84, of Orange, Texas, passed away on October 8, 2019, at her home in Orange. Born in Center, Texas, on August, 9, 1935, she was the daughter of Jessie McMillon and Ima (Gray) McMillon. Mary will be missed by all who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie and Ima McMillon;...

Ray Leleux

Ray Leleux

Oct 7, 2019

Ray Leleux, 75, passed away on October 7, 2019, at his home in Orange, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, October 11, 2019, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger. Burial will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, at Holy Rosary Cemetery in Kaplan, Louisiana....

Melba Maxine Simmons Smith Crew Klock

Melba Maxine Simmons Smith Crew Klock

Oct 6, 2019

Melba Maxine Simmons Smith Crew Klock Melba Maxine Simmons Smith Crew Klock, 88, of Orange, Texas, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on October 6, 2019, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 10, 2019, at Maranatha Christian Center in Orange. Officiating the service will be Reverend Daniel Ray. Cremation...

Robert Lynn Young

Robert Lynn Young

Oct 5, 2019

Robert Lynn Young, 53, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on October 5, 2019. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 10, 2019, at Sabine Tabernacle in Beaumont. Officiating will be Jimmy Boykin. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont. Visitation will be held prior to the service, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Born in Beaumont, Texas,...

Tim Ngoc Nguyen

Tim Ngoc Nguyen

Oct 4, 2019

Tim Ngoc Nguyen, 58, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on October 4, 2019, in Galveston, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 10, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger, of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00...

Judith Anne Marlowe

Judith Anne Marlowe

Oct 4, 2019

Judith Anne Marlowe, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away on October 4, 2019, in Groves, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Joseph Daleo. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service, beginning at...

John Albert Ognoskie

John Albert Ognoskie

Oct 4, 2019

John Albert Ognoskie was born on July 25, 1964, to Daniel and Lorene (Warnasch) Ognoskie in Orange, Texas. He graduated from West Orange High School in 1982. John was a Union Journeyman carpenter. He married Elizabeth Fitzgerald June 16, 1998, and they divorced in 2003. John was a member of the Local Union 551 and was an avid hunter, fisherman,...

Ricky Wayne Sons

Ricky Wayne Sons

Oct 3, 2019

Ricky Wayne Sons, 69, of Orange, Texas, passed away on October 3, 2019, in Orange after a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held at King Cemetery in Hartburg, Texas at a later date. Ricky was born on September 4, 1950, in Louisiana. He worked as a carpenter all of his life. He loved to fish and crab. He...

Dorothy Jane Jenkins Merrill

Dorothy Jane Jenkins Merrill

Oct 2, 2019

Dorothy Jane Jenkins Merrill, born March 2, 1929, longtime owner of Little Folks Day Care Center in Beaumont, passed this life October 2, 2019 at Village Creek Nursing Home at 12:30 am. She is proceeded in death by her parents, Ernest and Emmy Jenkins; her beloved husband, David; and her grandson, Micah Parker. Dorothy was born in Temple, Texas and...

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