Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Howard J. Casto
Apr 6, 2014
Howard J “Brub” Casto Howard J. “Brub” Casto, 71 of Orange, Texas passed away, Sunday, April 6, 2014 due to complications of surgery. A Family Service will be held at the scattering of his ashes, as he requested. Friends are invited to a memorial service to be held from 1 until 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27 at his residence, 14075...
Nedra Smith
Apr 5, 2014
Nedra Smith, age 99, died quietly at the Sabine House on April 5, 2014. She was five months short of her 100th birthday. Nedra was born on September 2, 1914, in Tupelo, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of E.C. and Lula Breedlove, and was one of eight children. In 1924 when Nedra was 10, her father, who was a banker,...
Nedra Smith
Apr 5, 2014
Nedra Smith, age 99, died quietly at the Sabine House on April 5, 2014. She was five months short of her 100th birthday. Nedra was born on September 2, 1914, in Tupelo, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of E.C. and Lula Breedlove, and was one of eight children. In 1924 when Nedra was 10, her father, who was a banker,...
Anna Charlene Bradberry
Apr 5, 2014
Anna Charlene Bradberry was born February 17, 1943 in Little Rock, AR to Charles and Edythe Goforth Barber and passed away April 5, 2014 in Beaumont. Mrs. Bradberry was a longtime resident of Beaumont, employed as an LVN with Shriner’s Crippled Children’s Hospital before retiring. She then worked with her daughter, Georgana in her antique business. Preceded in death by...
Herminia "Minnie" Almazon
Apr 4, 2014
Herminia “Minnie” Lopez Almazan, 76, of Deer Park and a former resident of Orange since 1963, joined her Heavenly Father on Friday, April 4, 2014, at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas. Funeral services will be Two O’clock p.m., Saturday, April 12, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Barry Bradley of First Baptist Church...
Luella Viola Winebrenner
Apr 4, 2014
Luella Viola Winebrenner, 83, of Mauriceville, passed away Friday, April 4, 2014, at Harbor House Hospice in Beaumont. Visitation will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday with a Memorial service to follow at 11:00 a.m. April 9, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Michael Wayne Green. Born in Austin, Texas, on August 21, 1930, Luella was...
James Michael Speake
Apr 4, 2014
James Michael Speake, 62, passed away at his Groves, TX home on April 4, 2014 after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Speake was born on June 9, 1951 in Springfield, MO. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur in 1969. Mr. Speake worked at the Gulf Oil Refinery for ten years and then later worked until...
Mark Gardner
Apr 4, 2014
Mark Gardner, 54, of Orange, died April 4, 2014, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 13, 2014, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in California, on October 23, 1959, Mark was the son of Wayne and Ruby Gardner. He played high-school football in Buna, Texas, and...
Mark August Nies
Apr 3, 2014
Mark August Nies, 64, of Bridge City, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2014, at the Medical Center in Port Arthur. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 8, 2014, with a Memorial service to follow at 2 p.m. in Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Barry Bradley of First Baptist Church of Orange. Born in Orange,...
Gail Wilson
Apr 3, 2014
Gail Broussard Wilson, lovingly known by her family and friends as “Gail Beth”, was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, friend, teacher, and beloved Pastor’s wife. Her life was dedicated to her Savior Lord Jesus and her family. She fought the good fight, ran her race, and she has obtained her prize. Throughout her life she served her family,...
Arthur Lee Skipper
Apr 2, 2014
Arthur Lee Skipper, 81, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, April 2, at his home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. at Shiloh Cemetery in Kipling, Louisiana. Visitation...
Carol Sue Thompson
Apr 1, 2014
Carol Sue Thompson, 76, of Deweyville, Texas, died April1st, 2014 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, April 4th, at First Baptist Church of Deweyville under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend Damon Bickham and Reverend Chase Bowers will be officiating. Burial will follow at Deweyville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m....
Lawrence Paul Miller
Apr 1, 2014
Lawrence P. Miller, 89, from Mauriceville and former longtime resident of Bridge City, passed away Tuesday April 1, 2014, at the Medical Center in Port Arthur. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 4, 2014. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 p.m., at First Baptist Church in Bridge City, with Reverend Lynn Ashcraft, and Mr. Darrell Segura officiating. Serving...
Pat L. Thompson Jr.
Mar 31, 2014
Pat L. Thompson, Jr., 73, from Orange, died March 31, 2014, at his residence. Cremation will be held at Claybar Funeral Home. He was born in Vicksburg, MS, on October 26, 1940, Pat was the son of Pat Long Thompson Sr. and Ethel Mary (Thompson) Thompson. He worked as a semi-truck driver, and was also in the Army from October...
Juanita Fontenot Hardin
Mar 29, 2014
Juanita Fontenot Hardin, 74, of Orange, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Orange. A funeral service will be 3 O’clock p.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Dale Lee of The Cowboy Church in Orange. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange, Texas. Visitation will be from 10...
Gwen Settles
Mar 28, 2014
Gwendolyn Armstrong Settles was born August 22, 1936, in St. Francis County, Arkansas, to Worth B. Armstrong and Audrey (Smith) Armstrong. She graduated from Stark High School in 1954, and then attended Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas. She married Glenn W. Settles, Jr. in 1957, and worked 30 years as a secretary for the West Orange-Cove School...
William "Bill" Self
Mar 28, 2014
William “Bill” Self, 92, of Orange, passed away Friday, March 28, 2014 at his residence. A funeral Service will be 11 O’clock a.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend George Kidangen of St. Helen Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Garden in Orange. A gathering of family and friends will...
LaVoe Gary
Mar 26, 2014
LaVoe “Bo” Gary, 78, of Beaumont passed away on March 26, 2014 at Christus St Elizabeth Hospital. She is survived by daughter, Julie (Holcombe) Burkett and husband, Jerry, of Lumberton; granddaughter Lanie (Mosby) Mason, husband, Brandon and great grandson Dakota Mosby of Beaumont; brother, Robert Gary of San Antonio; nieces Jordan Gary, of San Antonio, Shannon Smith of Shorewood, Wisconsin,...
James Ernest Chandler
Mar 26, 2014
James Ernest Chandler, 88, from Orangefield, died March 26, 2014, at the Meadows. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday March 29, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, officiating will be Reverend Bobby Granger. Burial will take place at Mary Williams Cemetery in Orangefield. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday at the funeral...
Debra "Debbie" Kay Dunahoe
Mar 25, 2014
Debra “Debbie” Kay Dunahoe, 58, of Bridge City, died March 25, 2014, at St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 28, 2014 at Lone Cedar Cemetery in Shelby County. Officiating will be Reverend Hiram Milton of Lone Cedar Missionary Baptist Church in Shelby County. Debbie was born in Port Arthur, April 13, 1955,...
Howard J. Casto
Apr 6, 2014
Howard J “Brub” Casto Howard J. “Brub” Casto, 71 of Orange, Texas passed away, Sunday, April 6, 2014 due to complications of surgery. A Family Service will be held at the scattering of his ashes, as he requested. Friends are invited to a memorial service to be held from 1 until 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27 at his residence, 14075...
Nedra Smith
Apr 5, 2014
Nedra Smith, age 99, died quietly at the Sabine House on April 5, 2014. She was five months short of her 100th birthday. Nedra was born on September 2, 1914, in Tupelo, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of E.C. and Lula Breedlove, and was one of eight children. In 1924 when Nedra was 10, her father, who was a banker,...
Nedra Smith
Apr 5, 2014
Nedra Smith, age 99, died quietly at the Sabine House on April 5, 2014. She was five months short of her 100th birthday. Nedra was born on September 2, 1914, in Tupelo, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of E.C. and Lula Breedlove, and was one of eight children. In 1924 when Nedra was 10, her father, who was a banker,...
Anna Charlene Bradberry
Apr 5, 2014
Anna Charlene Bradberry was born February 17, 1943 in Little Rock, AR to Charles and Edythe Goforth Barber and passed away April 5, 2014 in Beaumont. Mrs. Bradberry was a longtime resident of Beaumont, employed as an LVN with Shriner’s Crippled Children’s Hospital before retiring. She then worked with her daughter, Georgana in her antique business. Preceded in death by...
Herminia "Minnie" Almazon
Apr 4, 2014
Herminia “Minnie” Lopez Almazan, 76, of Deer Park and a former resident of Orange since 1963, joined her Heavenly Father on Friday, April 4, 2014, at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas. Funeral services will be Two O’clock p.m., Saturday, April 12, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Barry Bradley of First Baptist Church...
Luella Viola Winebrenner
Apr 4, 2014
Luella Viola Winebrenner, 83, of Mauriceville, passed away Friday, April 4, 2014, at Harbor House Hospice in Beaumont. Visitation will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday with a Memorial service to follow at 11:00 a.m. April 9, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Michael Wayne Green. Born in Austin, Texas, on August 21, 1930, Luella was...
James Michael Speake
Apr 4, 2014
James Michael Speake, 62, passed away at his Groves, TX home on April 4, 2014 after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Speake was born on June 9, 1951 in Springfield, MO. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur in 1969. Mr. Speake worked at the Gulf Oil Refinery for ten years and then later worked until...
Mark Gardner
Apr 4, 2014
Mark Gardner, 54, of Orange, died April 4, 2014, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 13, 2014, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in California, on October 23, 1959, Mark was the son of Wayne and Ruby Gardner. He played high-school football in Buna, Texas, and...
Mark August Nies
Apr 3, 2014
Mark August Nies, 64, of Bridge City, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2014, at the Medical Center in Port Arthur. Visitation will be 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 8, 2014, with a Memorial service to follow at 2 p.m. in Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Barry Bradley of First Baptist Church of Orange. Born in Orange,...
Gail Wilson
Apr 3, 2014
Gail Broussard Wilson, lovingly known by her family and friends as “Gail Beth”, was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, friend, teacher, and beloved Pastor’s wife. Her life was dedicated to her Savior Lord Jesus and her family. She fought the good fight, ran her race, and she has obtained her prize. Throughout her life she served her family,...
Arthur Lee Skipper
Apr 2, 2014
Arthur Lee Skipper, 81, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, April 2, at his home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Jeff Bell of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. at Shiloh Cemetery in Kipling, Louisiana. Visitation...
Carol Sue Thompson
Apr 1, 2014
Carol Sue Thompson, 76, of Deweyville, Texas, died April1st, 2014 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, April 4th, at First Baptist Church of Deweyville under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend Damon Bickham and Reverend Chase Bowers will be officiating. Burial will follow at Deweyville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m....
Lawrence Paul Miller
Apr 1, 2014
Lawrence P. Miller, 89, from Mauriceville and former longtime resident of Bridge City, passed away Tuesday April 1, 2014, at the Medical Center in Port Arthur. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 4, 2014. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 p.m., at First Baptist Church in Bridge City, with Reverend Lynn Ashcraft, and Mr. Darrell Segura officiating. Serving...
Pat L. Thompson Jr.
Mar 31, 2014
Pat L. Thompson, Jr., 73, from Orange, died March 31, 2014, at his residence. Cremation will be held at Claybar Funeral Home. He was born in Vicksburg, MS, on October 26, 1940, Pat was the son of Pat Long Thompson Sr. and Ethel Mary (Thompson) Thompson. He worked as a semi-truck driver, and was also in the Army from October...
Juanita Fontenot Hardin
Mar 29, 2014
Juanita Fontenot Hardin, 74, of Orange, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Orange. A funeral service will be 3 O’clock p.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Dale Lee of The Cowboy Church in Orange. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange, Texas. Visitation will be from 10...
Gwen Settles
Mar 28, 2014
Gwendolyn Armstrong Settles was born August 22, 1936, in St. Francis County, Arkansas, to Worth B. Armstrong and Audrey (Smith) Armstrong. She graduated from Stark High School in 1954, and then attended Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas. She married Glenn W. Settles, Jr. in 1957, and worked 30 years as a secretary for the West Orange-Cove School...
William "Bill" Self
Mar 28, 2014
William “Bill” Self, 92, of Orange, passed away Friday, March 28, 2014 at his residence. A funeral Service will be 11 O’clock a.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend George Kidangen of St. Helen Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Garden in Orange. A gathering of family and friends will...
LaVoe Gary
Mar 26, 2014
LaVoe “Bo” Gary, 78, of Beaumont passed away on March 26, 2014 at Christus St Elizabeth Hospital. She is survived by daughter, Julie (Holcombe) Burkett and husband, Jerry, of Lumberton; granddaughter Lanie (Mosby) Mason, husband, Brandon and great grandson Dakota Mosby of Beaumont; brother, Robert Gary of San Antonio; nieces Jordan Gary, of San Antonio, Shannon Smith of Shorewood, Wisconsin,...
James Ernest Chandler
Mar 26, 2014
James Ernest Chandler, 88, from Orangefield, died March 26, 2014, at the Meadows. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday March 29, 2014, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, officiating will be Reverend Bobby Granger. Burial will take place at Mary Williams Cemetery in Orangefield. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday at the funeral...
Debra "Debbie" Kay Dunahoe
Mar 25, 2014
Debra “Debbie” Kay Dunahoe, 58, of Bridge City, died March 25, 2014, at St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 28, 2014 at Lone Cedar Cemetery in Shelby County. Officiating will be Reverend Hiram Milton of Lone Cedar Missionary Baptist Church in Shelby County. Debbie was born in Port Arthur, April 13, 1955,...
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