Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Gabriel Joseph Meineke
Jan 26, 2017
A memorial service for Infant Gabriel Joseph Meineke, 6 weeks old, of Vidor will be held on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Gabriel came into our world on December 15, 2017 in Beaumont, Texas and left us January 26, 2017. Visitation will begin at 3:00 p.m. Sunday prior to the service. During the...
Curtis Mitch Menefee
Jan 25, 2017
Curtis Mitch Menefee was born on October 9, 1958, in Beaumont, Texas and passed away on January 25, 2017, at MD Anderson hospital with his wife and his parents at his side. He was raised in Nederland, Texas and attended and graduated from Nederland Independent School District. He worked at the Goodyear Chemical Plant in Beaumont for almost 40 years....
Marie C. Sichko
Jan 25, 2017
SICHKO, Marie Ceraso. Age 88, of Orange, Texas died peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 with her daughter Thereze, son Jim, and beloved dog, Noel at her side. She was born on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1928, in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1951. In 1971 she moved to Orange,...
Darrell Eugene Bradford
Jan 24, 2017
Darrell Eugene Bradford Darrell Eugene Bradford, 58, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 24, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Old First Orange Baptist Church, Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor Keith Meyer, Pastor John Boutte, and Will Cotton. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be...
Emil D. "Pete" Wade
Jan 23, 2017
Emil D. "Pete” Wade, 91, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away Monday, January 23, 2017. Pete was born April 6, 1925 in Texas City where he lived until graduating high school in 1941. He entered the Air Force, attended Navigation school and served in the Pacific Theater of WWII as a navigator aboard a B29. He and his crew flew over...
Robbie Singletary McKay
Jan 23, 2017
Robbie Singletary McKay, 88, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January, 23, 2017, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Orange First Church of the Nazarene, in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor K. Ray McDowell. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park. Visitation will be prior to the service...
Ralph Jesters
Jan 22, 2017
The Scripture says—“In all things give thanks” and I stand here tonight to give thanks for the life of Ralph Leroy Jester, who died on the 22nd of January in our city. He would have been 75 next month, but coronary arteries blocked by plaque took his life. He died alone, but not without people who cared—Yolanda Vanapalli was one...
Jennie Mae Huskey Mills
Jan 20, 2017
Jennie Huskey Mills March 29, 1932 – January 20, 2017 Jennie Mae Huskey Mills passed away on January 20, 2017. She was born in Ravensford, NC, and was preceded in death by her husband Harold Wayne Mills in 1994, and her parents William Anderson and Verna B. Huskey. Jennie graduated from Bethel High School, Canton, NC, and from Crandall Business...
Freddy Lee Merritt
Jan 18, 2017
Freddy Lee Merritt Freddy Lee Merritt, 83, of Vidor, passed away on January 18, 2017. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, January 23, 2017, at Jett Cemetery in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Jeff Bell of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. There will not be a visitation held prior to services. Born in Orange, Texas,...
Genevieve Marie Miller
Jan 18, 2017
Genevieve Marie Miller Genevieve Marie Miller, 82, of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on January 18, 2017, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2016, at Turning Point Church in Vidor, Texas. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 11, 1934, Genevieve was the daughter of William and Dorothy Quirk. She enjoyed spending...
Preston Conway
Jan 17, 2017
Preston Conway Preston Conway, 88, formerly of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 17, 2017, at his home in Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 22, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Burial will follow at Parish Cemetery in Little Cypress, Texas. Visitation will be from...
Joseph Paul Gaudet
Jan 17, 2017
Joe Gaudet, 68, of Buna, passed away on January 17, 2017, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2017, held at First United Pentecostal Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Gary P. Wheeler. Visitation will precede the service Friday starting at 12:00 p.m. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on July 16, 1948, he was...
Bernard Joseph Giarratano
Jan 16, 2017
Bernard Joseph Giarratano, 82, of Katy, Texas, passed away on January 16, 2017, in Richmond, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Father Joseph P. Daleo. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from...
Willard M. "Bill" Burton, Sr.
Jan 16, 2017
Willard M. “Bill” Burton, Sr., 80, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 16, 2017, in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 19, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre, of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Entombment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Visitation will...
Rosalind Ann Lawson
Jan 16, 2017
Rosalind Ann Lawson Rosalind Ann Lawson, 60, of Orange, passed away on January 16, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 20, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Brother Sonny Sturgeon of Trinity Baptist Church in Silsbee. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in...
Bill Smith
Jan 15, 2017
Bill Smith, 89, of Beaumont, passed away on January 15, 2017, at Village Creek Nursing Home in Lumberton. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 19, 2017, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 12:00p.m.-2:00p.m., Thursday prior to the service. Bill is survived by his daughter, Linda See; son, William “Mick” See; three grandchildren; two...
Thomas D. Wesson
Jan 15, 2017
Thomas D. Wesson, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 15, 2017, in Orange. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 20, 2017, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Tom Phelan. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00...
Cody Alton McNamara
Jan 13, 2017
Cody McNamara, 60, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 13, 2017, in Houston, Texas. A memorial gathering will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home. Born in Orange, Texas, on October 8, 1956, he was the son of...
Milly S. Arnold
Jan 13, 2017
Milly S. Arnold, 88, of Orange, Texas passed away on January 13, 2017. Her family cordially invites Milly's loved-ones to celebrate her life. Visitation and family memories will be shared on Friday, January 20, 2017, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas. On Saturday, January 21, 2017, a memorial in her remembrance will also be held at...
Beverly Jane Hinson
Jan 13, 2017
Beverly Jane Hinson, 80, of Beaumont was born December 9,1936 in Lufkin, Texas to Yancy L. and Katherine (Cruse) Hinson and went to be with her Lord January 13, 2017. A longtime resident of Beaumont, Beverly became a member of First Baptist Church when she was in the third grade and this relationship continued as an important foundation in her...
Gabriel Joseph Meineke
Jan 26, 2017
A memorial service for Infant Gabriel Joseph Meineke, 6 weeks old, of Vidor will be held on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Gabriel came into our world on December 15, 2017 in Beaumont, Texas and left us January 26, 2017. Visitation will begin at 3:00 p.m. Sunday prior to the service. During the...
Curtis Mitch Menefee
Jan 25, 2017
Curtis Mitch Menefee was born on October 9, 1958, in Beaumont, Texas and passed away on January 25, 2017, at MD Anderson hospital with his wife and his parents at his side. He was raised in Nederland, Texas and attended and graduated from Nederland Independent School District. He worked at the Goodyear Chemical Plant in Beaumont for almost 40 years....
Marie C. Sichko
Jan 25, 2017
SICHKO, Marie Ceraso. Age 88, of Orange, Texas died peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 with her daughter Thereze, son Jim, and beloved dog, Noel at her side. She was born on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1928, in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1951. In 1971 she moved to Orange,...
Darrell Eugene Bradford
Jan 24, 2017
Darrell Eugene Bradford Darrell Eugene Bradford, 58, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 24, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Old First Orange Baptist Church, Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor Keith Meyer, Pastor John Boutte, and Will Cotton. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be...
Emil D. "Pete" Wade
Jan 23, 2017
Emil D. "Pete” Wade, 91, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away Monday, January 23, 2017. Pete was born April 6, 1925 in Texas City where he lived until graduating high school in 1941. He entered the Air Force, attended Navigation school and served in the Pacific Theater of WWII as a navigator aboard a B29. He and his crew flew over...
Robbie Singletary McKay
Jan 23, 2017
Robbie Singletary McKay, 88, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January, 23, 2017, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Orange First Church of the Nazarene, in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Pastor K. Ray McDowell. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park. Visitation will be prior to the service...
Ralph Jesters
Jan 22, 2017
The Scripture says—“In all things give thanks” and I stand here tonight to give thanks for the life of Ralph Leroy Jester, who died on the 22nd of January in our city. He would have been 75 next month, but coronary arteries blocked by plaque took his life. He died alone, but not without people who cared—Yolanda Vanapalli was one...
Jennie Mae Huskey Mills
Jan 20, 2017
Jennie Huskey Mills March 29, 1932 – January 20, 2017 Jennie Mae Huskey Mills passed away on January 20, 2017. She was born in Ravensford, NC, and was preceded in death by her husband Harold Wayne Mills in 1994, and her parents William Anderson and Verna B. Huskey. Jennie graduated from Bethel High School, Canton, NC, and from Crandall Business...
Freddy Lee Merritt
Jan 18, 2017
Freddy Lee Merritt Freddy Lee Merritt, 83, of Vidor, passed away on January 18, 2017. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, January 23, 2017, at Jett Cemetery in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Jeff Bell of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. There will not be a visitation held prior to services. Born in Orange, Texas,...
Genevieve Marie Miller
Jan 18, 2017
Genevieve Marie Miller Genevieve Marie Miller, 82, of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on January 18, 2017, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2016, at Turning Point Church in Vidor, Texas. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 11, 1934, Genevieve was the daughter of William and Dorothy Quirk. She enjoyed spending...
Preston Conway
Jan 17, 2017
Preston Conway Preston Conway, 88, formerly of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 17, 2017, at his home in Hemphill, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 22, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Burial will follow at Parish Cemetery in Little Cypress, Texas. Visitation will be from...
Joseph Paul Gaudet
Jan 17, 2017
Joe Gaudet, 68, of Buna, passed away on January 17, 2017, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2017, held at First United Pentecostal Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Gary P. Wheeler. Visitation will precede the service Friday starting at 12:00 p.m. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on July 16, 1948, he was...
Bernard Joseph Giarratano
Jan 16, 2017
Bernard Joseph Giarratano, 82, of Katy, Texas, passed away on January 16, 2017, in Richmond, Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Father Joseph P. Daleo. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from...
Willard M. "Bill" Burton, Sr.
Jan 16, 2017
Willard M. “Bill” Burton, Sr., 80, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 16, 2017, in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 19, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre, of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Entombment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Visitation will...
Rosalind Ann Lawson
Jan 16, 2017
Rosalind Ann Lawson Rosalind Ann Lawson, 60, of Orange, passed away on January 16, 2017, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 20, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Brother Sonny Sturgeon of Trinity Baptist Church in Silsbee. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in...
Bill Smith
Jan 15, 2017
Bill Smith, 89, of Beaumont, passed away on January 15, 2017, at Village Creek Nursing Home in Lumberton. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 19, 2017, at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 12:00p.m.-2:00p.m., Thursday prior to the service. Bill is survived by his daughter, Linda See; son, William “Mick” See; three grandchildren; two...
Thomas D. Wesson
Jan 15, 2017
Thomas D. Wesson, 79, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 15, 2017, in Orange. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 20, 2017, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Tom Phelan. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00...
Cody Alton McNamara
Jan 13, 2017
Cody McNamara, 60, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 13, 2017, in Houston, Texas. A memorial gathering will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2017, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home. Born in Orange, Texas, on October 8, 1956, he was the son of...
Milly S. Arnold
Jan 13, 2017
Milly S. Arnold, 88, of Orange, Texas passed away on January 13, 2017. Her family cordially invites Milly's loved-ones to celebrate her life. Visitation and family memories will be shared on Friday, January 20, 2017, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas. On Saturday, January 21, 2017, a memorial in her remembrance will also be held at...
Beverly Jane Hinson
Jan 13, 2017
Beverly Jane Hinson, 80, of Beaumont was born December 9,1936 in Lufkin, Texas to Yancy L. and Katherine (Cruse) Hinson and went to be with her Lord January 13, 2017. A longtime resident of Beaumont, Beverly became a member of First Baptist Church when she was in the third grade and this relationship continued as an important foundation in her...
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