Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Kenneth Larry Hicks
Apr 1, 2016
Kenneth Larry Hicks, 69, of Port Arthur passed away on April1, 2016. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at New Covenant Church, 2601 Hwy. 73 in Port Arthur, TX. Mr. Hicks was born May 11, 1946 in Charleston, Mississippi to Elby Byrd and Nancy Rebecca (Molpus) Hicks. He was a...
Bonnie Dailey
Apr 1, 2016
Bonnie Dailey, 85, of Orange, Texas, died Friday, April 1, 2016 in her daughter’s home in Houston, Texas. Funeral services will be held at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be on Monday evening from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m....
Donna Jean Reno Lee
Apr 1, 2016
Donna Jean Reno Lee, 93, of Orange, Texas, passed from this world on April 1, 2016, after 93 years and 11 months. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Mark Bunch of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Visitation will be from...
Gabriel Lewis "Gabe" Valdez
Mar 30, 2016
Funeral services for Gabriel Lewis Valdez, 66 of Beaumont will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2016 in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Interment will follow in Haven of Rest Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be on Friday from 5-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home with a Rosary recited at 6:00 p.m. Gabe was born...
Joyzelle Bourdier Cary
Mar 30, 2016
Joyzelle Bourdier Cary Joyzelle Bourdier Cary, 82, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Nederland. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, April 4, 2016, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange with Father Joseph P. Daleo serving as celebrant. Cremation will follow under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home. Visitation...
Eugene D. Wilson
Mar 29, 2016
Eugene Davis Wilson, 89, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Tuesday March 29, 2016 at his home. Eugene was born on May 28, 1926 in Altus, Oklahoma to Walter Eugene Wilson and Ethyl Boswell Wilson. Eugene spent most of his youth in Oklahoma. His father died when he was 10 years old at the height of the Great depression. Eugene got...
Rachel Renee Shields
Mar 28, 2016
Rachel Renee Shields, 41, of Orange, Texas passed away on March 28, 2016, in Vidor, Texas. Memorial services will be 11:00am, Monday, April 4, at Pinehurst Pentecostal in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Smith. Born in Galveston, Texas, on May 14, 1974, she was the daughter of Roy Roger Brown and Barbara Navarre. She was an avid homemaker with a...
Nancy Gabbard LeDoux
Mar 26, 2016
Funeral services for Nancy Gabbard LeDoux, 72, of Devers will be held on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Reverend Les Jacobson officiating. Interment will follow in Haven of Rest Cemetery. Nancy was born on April 10, 1943, in Pittsburgh, Texas, born to F.L. and Lottie Mae Gabbard. She went to meet her...
Vicky Irons
Mar 26, 2016
Vicky Irons Vicky Lynn Irons, 44, formerly of Abbeville. Louisiana, passed away on March 26, 2016, at her home in Bridge City. Born in Abbeville, Louisiana, on May 12, 1971, she was the daughter of Joseph Roy Hebert and Wanda Lean Godeaux. She loved Harley-Davidsons, her family, and especially her kids. She liked to listen to country music and will...
Jarred Dewitt "Big O" Eddins
Mar 26, 2016
Big “O” Jarred Dewitt Eddins, 35, of Hartburg, Texas, passed away on March 26, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Jack Comer, Jr. and Reverend Frank Young. A graveside service will be at 4:30 p.m., at Walker Chapel Cemetery in Reklaw,...
Mary Joyce Poisel
Mar 26, 2016
Joyce Badeaux Poisel Joyce Badeaux Poisel, 80, of Orange, passed away on March 26, 2016, at her home in Orange. Mass of Christian burial will be 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange with Reverend Sinclair Oubre officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be Tuesday,...
Samuel Michael Fulkerson
Mar 25, 2016
Samuel “Mike” Michael Fulkerson It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the death of Samuel Michael Fulkerson on March 25, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Mike was born in Alton, Illinois on August 20, 1948 to Emily and Sam Fulkerson who preceded him in death. He was employed and retired from Laclede...
Shane Austin Cooper
Mar 24, 2016
Shane Austin Cooper Shane Austin Cooper, 39, of Orange, passed away on March 24, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be 4:00p.m., Tuesday, March 29, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Cremation will follow at Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be at 3:00p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on August 29, 1976,...
Albert Edward McBroom
Mar 23, 2016
A memorial gathering honoring the life of Albert Edward McBroom, 90, of Beaumont will be held on Friday, March 25, 2016 from 2-4:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Edward was born August 28, 1925 in Standard, Louisiana to Albert and Lela Susan (Wise) McBroom and passed away March 23, 2016 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. A graduate...
Charles Allen Pomeroy
Mar 23, 2016
Charles Allen Pomeroy, 72, of Bridge City, passed away on March 23, 2016, at his home. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, March 25, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Parson, Kansas, on June 4, 1943, he was the son of Howard Charles Pomeroy and Irene Musgrove Pomeroy. Charles served in the United...
Nolan Guidroz, Sr.
Mar 22, 2016
Nolan Guidroz, Sr., 77, of Orange, passed away on March 22, 2016, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 am on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre of St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will follow at St....
Lorenza Camargo
Mar 19, 2016
Mrs. Lorenza Camargo, 79, of Beaumont, TX passed away March 19, 2016. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home Beaumont. There will be a gathering of family and friends from 11 am to 1 pm. with the service beginning at 1 pm. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery...
Earl G. Tipton, Sr.
Mar 19, 2016
Earl G. Tipton, Sr., 85, of Orange, passed away at his home surrounded by his family Saturday, March 19, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday March 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange....
Earl G. Tipton, Sr.
Mar 19, 2016
Earl G. Tipton, Sr., 85, of Orange, passed away at his home surrounded by his family Saturday, March 19, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday March 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange....
James A. Parkhurst
Mar 17, 2016
Captain James A. Parkhurst, 89, lifelong resident of Orange passed away at his home Thursday, March 17, 2016. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch of Wesley United Methodist Church in Orange. A visitation will be Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m....
Kenneth Larry Hicks
Apr 1, 2016
Kenneth Larry Hicks, 69, of Port Arthur passed away on April1, 2016. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held Saturday, April 16, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at New Covenant Church, 2601 Hwy. 73 in Port Arthur, TX. Mr. Hicks was born May 11, 1946 in Charleston, Mississippi to Elby Byrd and Nancy Rebecca (Molpus) Hicks. He was a...
Bonnie Dailey
Apr 1, 2016
Bonnie Dailey, 85, of Orange, Texas, died Friday, April 1, 2016 in her daughter’s home in Houston, Texas. Funeral services will be held at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be on Monday evening from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m....
Donna Jean Reno Lee
Apr 1, 2016
Donna Jean Reno Lee, 93, of Orange, Texas, passed from this world on April 1, 2016, after 93 years and 11 months. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Mark Bunch of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Visitation will be from...
Gabriel Lewis "Gabe" Valdez
Mar 30, 2016
Funeral services for Gabriel Lewis Valdez, 66 of Beaumont will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2016 in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Interment will follow in Haven of Rest Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be on Friday from 5-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home with a Rosary recited at 6:00 p.m. Gabe was born...
Joyzelle Bourdier Cary
Mar 30, 2016
Joyzelle Bourdier Cary Joyzelle Bourdier Cary, 82, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Nederland. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, April 4, 2016, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange with Father Joseph P. Daleo serving as celebrant. Cremation will follow under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home. Visitation...
Eugene D. Wilson
Mar 29, 2016
Eugene Davis Wilson, 89, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Tuesday March 29, 2016 at his home. Eugene was born on May 28, 1926 in Altus, Oklahoma to Walter Eugene Wilson and Ethyl Boswell Wilson. Eugene spent most of his youth in Oklahoma. His father died when he was 10 years old at the height of the Great depression. Eugene got...
Rachel Renee Shields
Mar 28, 2016
Rachel Renee Shields, 41, of Orange, Texas passed away on March 28, 2016, in Vidor, Texas. Memorial services will be 11:00am, Monday, April 4, at Pinehurst Pentecostal in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Smith. Born in Galveston, Texas, on May 14, 1974, she was the daughter of Roy Roger Brown and Barbara Navarre. She was an avid homemaker with a...
Nancy Gabbard LeDoux
Mar 26, 2016
Funeral services for Nancy Gabbard LeDoux, 72, of Devers will be held on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Reverend Les Jacobson officiating. Interment will follow in Haven of Rest Cemetery. Nancy was born on April 10, 1943, in Pittsburgh, Texas, born to F.L. and Lottie Mae Gabbard. She went to meet her...
Vicky Irons
Mar 26, 2016
Vicky Irons Vicky Lynn Irons, 44, formerly of Abbeville. Louisiana, passed away on March 26, 2016, at her home in Bridge City. Born in Abbeville, Louisiana, on May 12, 1971, she was the daughter of Joseph Roy Hebert and Wanda Lean Godeaux. She loved Harley-Davidsons, her family, and especially her kids. She liked to listen to country music and will...
Jarred Dewitt "Big O" Eddins
Mar 26, 2016
Big “O” Jarred Dewitt Eddins, 35, of Hartburg, Texas, passed away on March 26, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Reverend Jack Comer, Jr. and Reverend Frank Young. A graveside service will be at 4:30 p.m., at Walker Chapel Cemetery in Reklaw,...
Mary Joyce Poisel
Mar 26, 2016
Joyce Badeaux Poisel Joyce Badeaux Poisel, 80, of Orange, passed away on March 26, 2016, at her home in Orange. Mass of Christian burial will be 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange with Reverend Sinclair Oubre officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be Tuesday,...
Samuel Michael Fulkerson
Mar 25, 2016
Samuel “Mike” Michael Fulkerson It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the death of Samuel Michael Fulkerson on March 25, 2016 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Mike was born in Alton, Illinois on August 20, 1948 to Emily and Sam Fulkerson who preceded him in death. He was employed and retired from Laclede...
Shane Austin Cooper
Mar 24, 2016
Shane Austin Cooper Shane Austin Cooper, 39, of Orange, passed away on March 24, 2016, in Orange. Funeral services will be 4:00p.m., Tuesday, March 29, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Cremation will follow at Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be at 3:00p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on August 29, 1976,...
Albert Edward McBroom
Mar 23, 2016
A memorial gathering honoring the life of Albert Edward McBroom, 90, of Beaumont will be held on Friday, March 25, 2016 from 2-4:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Edward was born August 28, 1925 in Standard, Louisiana to Albert and Lela Susan (Wise) McBroom and passed away March 23, 2016 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. A graduate...
Charles Allen Pomeroy
Mar 23, 2016
Charles Allen Pomeroy, 72, of Bridge City, passed away on March 23, 2016, at his home. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Friday, March 25, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Parson, Kansas, on June 4, 1943, he was the son of Howard Charles Pomeroy and Irene Musgrove Pomeroy. Charles served in the United...
Nolan Guidroz, Sr.
Mar 22, 2016
Nolan Guidroz, Sr., 77, of Orange, passed away on March 22, 2016, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 am on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre of St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will follow at St....
Lorenza Camargo
Mar 19, 2016
Mrs. Lorenza Camargo, 79, of Beaumont, TX passed away March 19, 2016. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home Beaumont. There will be a gathering of family and friends from 11 am to 1 pm. with the service beginning at 1 pm. Burial will follow at Haven of Rest Cemetery...
Earl G. Tipton, Sr.
Mar 19, 2016
Earl G. Tipton, Sr., 85, of Orange, passed away at his home surrounded by his family Saturday, March 19, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday March 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange....
Earl G. Tipton, Sr.
Mar 19, 2016
Earl G. Tipton, Sr., 85, of Orange, passed away at his home surrounded by his family Saturday, March 19, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday March 22, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange....
James A. Parkhurst
Mar 17, 2016
Captain James A. Parkhurst, 89, lifelong resident of Orange passed away at his home Thursday, March 17, 2016. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch of Wesley United Methodist Church in Orange. A visitation will be Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m....