Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Marjorie Combest Tilley
Dec 6, 2014
Marjorie Combest Tilley, 93, of College Station, formerly of Beaumont, went to be with Jesus on December 6, 2014. She was born in Beaumont, TX, on July 3, 1921 to Ross and Magdalena Duperier Combest. Marjorie graduated from Beaumont High School in 1938. She graduated from Lamar Junior College in 1940. During World War II, she worked in the Beaumont...
Elsie Rae Creel Roberts
Dec 5, 2014
Elsie Rae Creel Roberts, 81, of Orange, passed away on December 5, 2014, at her home. Funeral services will be 10:00am, Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Mark Legendre of Mainstreet Church of Christ in Vidor. Graveside service will be 1:00pm, Monday, at Meadows Cemetery in Merryville, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 3:00pm to 5:00pm,...
James "Tony" Anthony Meche
Dec 5, 2014
James “Tony” Anthony Meche, 60, of Orange, passed away on December 5, 2014 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. A Memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 13, 2014, at Winfree Baptist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Royal. Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on December 29, 1953, he was the son of Leroy Meche and Mary Cormier....
Joyce Jones
Dec 4, 2014
Joyce Jones, 91, of Orange, passed away on December 4, 2014, at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 8, 2014 with a visitation beginning at 1:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Dr. Bob Webb and Pastor Gary Price of Trinity Baptist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest...
Gladys Sinclair
Dec 3, 2014
Gladys Carol Sinclair, 81, of Tyler, passed away on December 3, 2014, at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. Funeral services will be 1:00pm, Saturday, December 6, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 10:00am-12:00pm, Saturday, December 6th at the funeral home. Born in Orange, Texas, on June 14, 1933, Gladys was the daughter of...
Doris Elaine Peveto
Dec 3, 2014
Doris Elaine Peveto, 81, of Orangefield, passed away on December 3, 2014, at her home. Funeral services will be 2:00pm, Sunday, December 7, at First Baptist Church in Orangefield. Officiating will be Reverend Cody Hogden. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00pm to 9:00 pm, Saturday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....
Jerry Lynn Wilson
Dec 2, 2014
Jerry Lynn Wilson, 71, of Orange, passed away on December 2, 2014, at Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Born in Beaumont, Texas, on July 7, 1943, he was the son of Thomas Jefferson Wilson and Verna Estelle (Stimits) Wilson. Jerry served in the U.S. Air Force and worked at car dealerships as a mechanic and salesman. He...
Arlene Coleman
Dec 1, 2014
Funeral services for Arlene Coleman, 48, of Beaumont will be held Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Visitation will be Thursday from 5-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Arlene was born October 5, 1966 in Kountze, Texas to the late Jesse James and Murrell Arlean (Jacks) Baker. She passed away December 1, 2014 at...
Maria Sanchez
Nov 29, 2014
Maria Luisa Sanchez peacefully united with Our Lord on November 28, 2014 at the age of 91 in Beaumont, Texas where she resided. She was one of 5 children born to the late Marciano Guerrero and Refujio Lerma. She was born on September 2, 1923 in Matamoros Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was the beloved wife of Lorenzo Perez Sanchez, Sr. for...
Nedeene Nell Harris
Nov 28, 2014
Nedeene Nell Harris, 88, of Beaumont, Texas passed away November 28, 2014. She was born August 24, 1926 to Edward and Julia McAuley Jones. Mrs. Harris was preceded in death by two nephews, Rheubin Farrar, Jr and Leslie Jones. She is survived by her sister, Pauline Farrar; brother Charles Jones and his wife Xena; nieces and nephews, George and Karen...
Susan Ann Cruz Davis
Nov 27, 2014
Susan Ann Cruz Davis, 58, was born May 29, 1956 to W.W. "Bob" and Velma Simmons in Crosby, TX and left to be with her Lord and Savior on Nov. 27, 2014. Susan worked in a managerial role for AT&T for 17 years. She was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church where she dedicated countless hours praising the Lord...
Dora Cooley Ogden
Nov 27, 2014
Dora Cooley Ogden, 98, of Winnie, Texas passed away on November 27, 2014, at Harbor Hospice. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 30, 2014 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Sunday, at the funeral home. Born in Ragley, Louisiana, on April 12, 1916, she was the daughter of Sterling...
Mr. Jimmie Sterling Sr.
Nov 27, 2014
Jimmie Lee Sterling, Sr. passed away November 27, 2014 at his home in Milam, TX. He was born November 3, 1938 in Beaumont to Jerry and Mary Matteson Sterling. After retiring he moved to God’s country – the lake where he could hunt and fish to his heart’s delight. Jimmy was preceded in death by 2 grand-daughters and 1 unborn...
Billy Carl Hebert
Nov 27, 2014
Billy Carl Hebert, 82, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2014, at his home. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 1, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor with his grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Sunday, November 30th at Claybar Funeral Home...
William (Bill) Ogg
Nov 25, 2014
William (Bill) Ogg, 74, of Orange, passed away on November 25, 2014, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 10:00am, November 29, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Ed Rawls of Silver Oaks Baptist Church, Reverend Les Jacobson, and Reverend Harold Nazworth. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation...
Alix Broussard
Nov 24, 2014
Alix Broussard, 93, of Bridge City, passed away on November 24, 2014, at Summer Place Nursing Home in Beaumont. A graveside service will be 10:00 am, Friday, November 28, 2014, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.
James Joseph Molley Sr.
Nov 24, 2014
James Joseph (Jim) Molley Sr., 94 or Orange, Texas passed away Monday, November 24, 2014, at the Meadows Nursing home in Orange. He has fought the good fight and is now with his heavenly Father, in the company of the many friends and family that have preceded him. Jim was born February 25, 1920 in Orange, Texas to Joseph James...
Patricia Staggs
Nov 23, 2014
Patricia Staggs, 74, of Vidor, passed away on November 23, 2014 at Vidor Health and Rehab. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, December 4, at 2:00pm at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Burns City, Indiana on April 24, 1940, she was the daughter of Hubert Dove and Lucy Walls Dove. She is preceded in death by her...
Robert Marshall "Bob" Wells
Nov 23, 2014
A memorial service for Robert Marshall “Bob” Wells, 81, of Beaumont will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church. A reception will precede the service at 10:00 a.m. Bob was born Dec. 26, 1932 in North Wilkesboro, NC and passed away Nov. 23, 2014 in Houston, TX. He was U.S. Navy Veteran of...
Juanita Marthene Milholland King
Nov 22, 2014
Juanita Marthene Milholland King went to be with her Lord on November 22, 2014. She was born March 4, 1924 to Edgar and Drucie McDowell Milholland in Wenatchee, Washington. Juanita had three brothers-Harry, Roy and Eddie and one sister-Jean. She had two step sisters – Corita and Bonita and one stepbrother – Murry. During her younger years she lived in...
Marjorie Combest Tilley
Dec 6, 2014
Marjorie Combest Tilley, 93, of College Station, formerly of Beaumont, went to be with Jesus on December 6, 2014. She was born in Beaumont, TX, on July 3, 1921 to Ross and Magdalena Duperier Combest. Marjorie graduated from Beaumont High School in 1938. She graduated from Lamar Junior College in 1940. During World War II, she worked in the Beaumont...
Elsie Rae Creel Roberts
Dec 5, 2014
Elsie Rae Creel Roberts, 81, of Orange, passed away on December 5, 2014, at her home. Funeral services will be 10:00am, Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Mark Legendre of Mainstreet Church of Christ in Vidor. Graveside service will be 1:00pm, Monday, at Meadows Cemetery in Merryville, Louisiana. Visitation will be from 3:00pm to 5:00pm,...
James "Tony" Anthony Meche
Dec 5, 2014
James “Tony” Anthony Meche, 60, of Orange, passed away on December 5, 2014 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. A Memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 13, 2014, at Winfree Baptist Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Royal. Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on December 29, 1953, he was the son of Leroy Meche and Mary Cormier....
Joyce Jones
Dec 4, 2014
Joyce Jones, 91, of Orange, passed away on December 4, 2014, at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 8, 2014 with a visitation beginning at 1:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Dr. Bob Webb and Pastor Gary Price of Trinity Baptist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest...
Gladys Sinclair
Dec 3, 2014
Gladys Carol Sinclair, 81, of Tyler, passed away on December 3, 2014, at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. Funeral services will be 1:00pm, Saturday, December 6, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 10:00am-12:00pm, Saturday, December 6th at the funeral home. Born in Orange, Texas, on June 14, 1933, Gladys was the daughter of...
Doris Elaine Peveto
Dec 3, 2014
Doris Elaine Peveto, 81, of Orangefield, passed away on December 3, 2014, at her home. Funeral services will be 2:00pm, Sunday, December 7, at First Baptist Church in Orangefield. Officiating will be Reverend Cody Hogden. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00pm to 9:00 pm, Saturday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange....
Jerry Lynn Wilson
Dec 2, 2014
Jerry Lynn Wilson, 71, of Orange, passed away on December 2, 2014, at Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Born in Beaumont, Texas, on July 7, 1943, he was the son of Thomas Jefferson Wilson and Verna Estelle (Stimits) Wilson. Jerry served in the U.S. Air Force and worked at car dealerships as a mechanic and salesman. He...
Arlene Coleman
Dec 1, 2014
Funeral services for Arlene Coleman, 48, of Beaumont will be held Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Visitation will be Thursday from 5-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Arlene was born October 5, 1966 in Kountze, Texas to the late Jesse James and Murrell Arlean (Jacks) Baker. She passed away December 1, 2014 at...
Maria Sanchez
Nov 29, 2014
Maria Luisa Sanchez peacefully united with Our Lord on November 28, 2014 at the age of 91 in Beaumont, Texas where she resided. She was one of 5 children born to the late Marciano Guerrero and Refujio Lerma. She was born on September 2, 1923 in Matamoros Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was the beloved wife of Lorenzo Perez Sanchez, Sr. for...
Nedeene Nell Harris
Nov 28, 2014
Nedeene Nell Harris, 88, of Beaumont, Texas passed away November 28, 2014. She was born August 24, 1926 to Edward and Julia McAuley Jones. Mrs. Harris was preceded in death by two nephews, Rheubin Farrar, Jr and Leslie Jones. She is survived by her sister, Pauline Farrar; brother Charles Jones and his wife Xena; nieces and nephews, George and Karen...
Susan Ann Cruz Davis
Nov 27, 2014
Susan Ann Cruz Davis, 58, was born May 29, 1956 to W.W. "Bob" and Velma Simmons in Crosby, TX and left to be with her Lord and Savior on Nov. 27, 2014. Susan worked in a managerial role for AT&T for 17 years. She was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church where she dedicated countless hours praising the Lord...
Dora Cooley Ogden
Nov 27, 2014
Dora Cooley Ogden, 98, of Winnie, Texas passed away on November 27, 2014, at Harbor Hospice. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 30, 2014 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Sunday, at the funeral home. Born in Ragley, Louisiana, on April 12, 1916, she was the daughter of Sterling...
Mr. Jimmie Sterling Sr.
Nov 27, 2014
Jimmie Lee Sterling, Sr. passed away November 27, 2014 at his home in Milam, TX. He was born November 3, 1938 in Beaumont to Jerry and Mary Matteson Sterling. After retiring he moved to God’s country – the lake where he could hunt and fish to his heart’s delight. Jimmy was preceded in death by 2 grand-daughters and 1 unborn...
Billy Carl Hebert
Nov 27, 2014
Billy Carl Hebert, 82, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2014, at his home. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 1, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor with his grandsons serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Sunday, November 30th at Claybar Funeral Home...
William (Bill) Ogg
Nov 25, 2014
William (Bill) Ogg, 74, of Orange, passed away on November 25, 2014, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 10:00am, November 29, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Ed Rawls of Silver Oaks Baptist Church, Reverend Les Jacobson, and Reverend Harold Nazworth. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation...
Alix Broussard
Nov 24, 2014
Alix Broussard, 93, of Bridge City, passed away on November 24, 2014, at Summer Place Nursing Home in Beaumont. A graveside service will be 10:00 am, Friday, November 28, 2014, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.
James Joseph Molley Sr.
Nov 24, 2014
James Joseph (Jim) Molley Sr., 94 or Orange, Texas passed away Monday, November 24, 2014, at the Meadows Nursing home in Orange. He has fought the good fight and is now with his heavenly Father, in the company of the many friends and family that have preceded him. Jim was born February 25, 1920 in Orange, Texas to Joseph James...
Patricia Staggs
Nov 23, 2014
Patricia Staggs, 74, of Vidor, passed away on November 23, 2014 at Vidor Health and Rehab. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, December 4, at 2:00pm at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Burns City, Indiana on April 24, 1940, she was the daughter of Hubert Dove and Lucy Walls Dove. She is preceded in death by her...
Robert Marshall "Bob" Wells
Nov 23, 2014
A memorial service for Robert Marshall “Bob” Wells, 81, of Beaumont will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church. A reception will precede the service at 10:00 a.m. Bob was born Dec. 26, 1932 in North Wilkesboro, NC and passed away Nov. 23, 2014 in Houston, TX. He was U.S. Navy Veteran of...
Juanita Marthene Milholland King
Nov 22, 2014
Juanita Marthene Milholland King went to be with her Lord on November 22, 2014. She was born March 4, 1924 to Edgar and Drucie McDowell Milholland in Wenatchee, Washington. Juanita had three brothers-Harry, Roy and Eddie and one sister-Jean. She had two step sisters – Corita and Bonita and one stepbrother – Murry. During her younger years she lived in...