Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Gertrude McFadden Granny Dotson
Apr 4, 2013
Gertrude "Granny" Dotson, 102, quietly slipped away on Thursday, April 4 at The Meadows in Orange. She was born in Paris, Texas on October 4, 1910 to parents Ben and Louvenia McFadden. Funeral services will be at 2:00 on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Burial will follow at...
Angie Lorene Zoch
Apr 3, 2013
Angie Lorene Zoch, 81, of Bridge City, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at a private care facility in Orange. A memorial service will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 6, 2013, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bridge City with Pastor Paul A. Zoch officiating. The family will receive friends for visitation one hour prior to the service. Angie was...
N. Wesley Hester
Apr 3, 2013
Nadine Wesley Follis Wiggins Sterling Hester was born December 18, 1931in Webster, TX to Reverend Bennie B. and Sadie Woodyard Follis and passed away April 3, 2013 at her residence in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Monday, April 8, 2013 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home, officiated by Pastor Robert Turnage and Reverend Charles Turnage. Interment will immediately follow...
Warren M. Brown
Apr 2, 2013
Warren M. Brown, 76, of South Newton County passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Mike Brown and Reverend Kevin Brown with a eulogy given by Mr. Aubrey Cole. Burial will follow at King...
Mildred Stepp Maglothin
Mar 31, 2013
Mildred Stepp Maglothin, 91, of Orange passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013 in Beaumont. A gathering of family and friends will be from 10 am to 12:00 p.m., Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A funeral service will follow at 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home with interment to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Orange....
James Wilkinson Dawes
Mar 31, 2013
James Wilkinson Dawes After 83 years of a remarkable and full life on earth, Dr. James Wilkinson Dawes of Tomball, Texas; formerly of Orange, Texas and a citizen of the world passed from this life to the next on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. All who knew and loved him will cherish the memories of his passion for life, his...
Verma E. Magness
Mar 29, 2013
Verma E. Magness, 90, of Houston and formerly a longtime resident of Orange, passed away Friday, March 29, 2013, at her home. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at North Orange Baptist Church. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. A graveside service will follow at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, at Oakgrove Cemetery in Converse, Louisiana. Visitation will...
James Cormier
Mar 29, 2013
James Cormier, 94, of Orange passed away Friday, March 29, 2013 in Houston. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange with Father Tom Phelan officiating. Interment will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5pm to 9pm, Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral...
Remy J. Sonnier
Mar 29, 2013
Remy J. Sonnier, of Orange, passed away suddenly at his home on Friday, March 29, 2013. Funeral services will be 3pm, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Herb Thompson of First Baptist Church in West Orange and grandson, Michael Darren Procella. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City....
Virginia Dadgari
Mar 28, 2013
A memorial service celebrating the life of Mrs. Dadgari will be held Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall Jehovah's Witnesses in Vidor, Texas.
Craig Sterling Cummings
Mar 27, 2013
Craig Sterling Cummings, 57, of Orangefield, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Funeral services will be 10am, Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Paul Zoch of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bridge City. A graveside service will follow at 2pm, at Guedry Cemetery in Batson, Texas. Visitation will be from 5pm to...
Annie Laureen Coonie Corkran
Mar 27, 2013
Annie Laureen "Coonie" Corkran, 59, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Charles Miller, pastor of First Baptist Church in Groves. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial...
Stanton Troy Kelley, Sr.
Mar 26, 2013
Mr. Stanton Troy Kelley, Sr. age 82 passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at home, with his family at his side. He was born March 18, 1931 in Beaumont, TX, to Inez Smith Kelley and Valentine Stanton Kelley. Mr. Kelley's family and friends are comforted by knowing he is with His Lord and rejoicing with family that went before him....
Daisy M. Brister
Mar 24, 2013
Daisy M. Brister, 82, of Vidor, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with Reverend Randy Miller, chaplain with Harbor Hospice, officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will Tuesday from...
Christine Caruthers
Mar 24, 2013
Christine Caruthers, of Orange, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial Service will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Reverend R. Gary Caruthers. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral...
Doyle Eric Ramsey, Jr.
Mar 24, 2013
Doyle Eric Ramsey, Jr., 64, of Bridge City, died Sunday, March 24, 2013. A Graveside Service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at White House Cemetery in Lufkin. Officiating will be Reverend Horace Fletcher, pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Lufkin. Born in Port Arthur on May 20, 1948, Doyle was the son of Doyle Eric Ramsey, Sr....
Mildred Patrick Dionne
Mar 24, 2013
Mildred Dionne, 89, was born March 20, 1924 in Burkeville, TX to Lonnie and Lenora Simmons Burch and passed away March 24, 2013 in Jasper, GA. She was a life-long resident of Beaumont prior to moving to Jasper and had retired as an appraiser with the Texas Department of Highways. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, April 6 at...
Ameal Robert "Bobby" Andrews
Mar 23, 2013
Ameal Robert "Bobby" Andrews, 65, was born April 18, 1947 in Houston, TX to Ameal Marion and Ethel Mae Guidry Andrews and passed away March 23, 2013. Bobby served in the Navy prior to his retirement of over 25 years of service with Mobil Oil, where he worked as a pumper/operator. Bobby is survived by his daughter, Lisa Kay Andrews...
Ernest Gene Swanson
Mar 22, 2013
Ernest Gene Swanson, of Bridge City, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at Cypress Glen East Nursing and Rehabilitation in Port Arthur. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Forrest Wood, pastor of First Baptist Church in Orangefield. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near...
Ella Mae Hamor
Mar 22, 2013
Ella Mae Hamor, 81, of Deweyville, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Born in St. Louis,...
Gertrude McFadden Granny Dotson
Apr 4, 2013
Gertrude "Granny" Dotson, 102, quietly slipped away on Thursday, April 4 at The Meadows in Orange. She was born in Paris, Texas on October 4, 1910 to parents Ben and Louvenia McFadden. Funeral services will be at 2:00 on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. Burial will follow at...
Angie Lorene Zoch
Apr 3, 2013
Angie Lorene Zoch, 81, of Bridge City, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at a private care facility in Orange. A memorial service will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 6, 2013, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bridge City with Pastor Paul A. Zoch officiating. The family will receive friends for visitation one hour prior to the service. Angie was...
N. Wesley Hester
Apr 3, 2013
Nadine Wesley Follis Wiggins Sterling Hester was born December 18, 1931in Webster, TX to Reverend Bennie B. and Sadie Woodyard Follis and passed away April 3, 2013 at her residence in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Monday, April 8, 2013 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home, officiated by Pastor Robert Turnage and Reverend Charles Turnage. Interment will immediately follow...
Warren M. Brown
Apr 2, 2013
Warren M. Brown, 76, of South Newton County passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Mr. Mike Brown and Reverend Kevin Brown with a eulogy given by Mr. Aubrey Cole. Burial will follow at King...
Mildred Stepp Maglothin
Mar 31, 2013
Mildred Stepp Maglothin, 91, of Orange passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013 in Beaumont. A gathering of family and friends will be from 10 am to 12:00 p.m., Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A funeral service will follow at 1:00 p.m. at the funeral home with interment to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Orange....
James Wilkinson Dawes
Mar 31, 2013
James Wilkinson Dawes After 83 years of a remarkable and full life on earth, Dr. James Wilkinson Dawes of Tomball, Texas; formerly of Orange, Texas and a citizen of the world passed from this life to the next on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. All who knew and loved him will cherish the memories of his passion for life, his...
Verma E. Magness
Mar 29, 2013
Verma E. Magness, 90, of Houston and formerly a longtime resident of Orange, passed away Friday, March 29, 2013, at her home. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at North Orange Baptist Church. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft. A graveside service will follow at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, at Oakgrove Cemetery in Converse, Louisiana. Visitation will...
James Cormier
Mar 29, 2013
James Cormier, 94, of Orange passed away Friday, March 29, 2013 in Houston. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange with Father Tom Phelan officiating. Interment will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5pm to 9pm, Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral...
Remy J. Sonnier
Mar 29, 2013
Remy J. Sonnier, of Orange, passed away suddenly at his home on Friday, March 29, 2013. Funeral services will be 3pm, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Brother Herb Thompson of First Baptist Church in West Orange and grandson, Michael Darren Procella. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City....
Virginia Dadgari
Mar 28, 2013
A memorial service celebrating the life of Mrs. Dadgari will be held Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall Jehovah's Witnesses in Vidor, Texas.
Craig Sterling Cummings
Mar 27, 2013
Craig Sterling Cummings, 57, of Orangefield, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Funeral services will be 10am, Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Paul Zoch of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bridge City. A graveside service will follow at 2pm, at Guedry Cemetery in Batson, Texas. Visitation will be from 5pm to...
Annie Laureen Coonie Corkran
Mar 27, 2013
Annie Laureen "Coonie" Corkran, 59, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Charles Miller, pastor of First Baptist Church in Groves. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial...
Stanton Troy Kelley, Sr.
Mar 26, 2013
Mr. Stanton Troy Kelley, Sr. age 82 passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at home, with his family at his side. He was born March 18, 1931 in Beaumont, TX, to Inez Smith Kelley and Valentine Stanton Kelley. Mr. Kelley's family and friends are comforted by knowing he is with His Lord and rejoicing with family that went before him....
Daisy M. Brister
Mar 24, 2013
Daisy M. Brister, 82, of Vidor, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with Reverend Randy Miller, chaplain with Harbor Hospice, officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will Tuesday from...
Christine Caruthers
Mar 24, 2013
Christine Caruthers, of Orange, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial Service will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Reverend R. Gary Caruthers. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral...
Doyle Eric Ramsey, Jr.
Mar 24, 2013
Doyle Eric Ramsey, Jr., 64, of Bridge City, died Sunday, March 24, 2013. A Graveside Service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at White House Cemetery in Lufkin. Officiating will be Reverend Horace Fletcher, pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Lufkin. Born in Port Arthur on May 20, 1948, Doyle was the son of Doyle Eric Ramsey, Sr....
Mildred Patrick Dionne
Mar 24, 2013
Mildred Dionne, 89, was born March 20, 1924 in Burkeville, TX to Lonnie and Lenora Simmons Burch and passed away March 24, 2013 in Jasper, GA. She was a life-long resident of Beaumont prior to moving to Jasper and had retired as an appraiser with the Texas Department of Highways. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, April 6 at...
Ameal Robert "Bobby" Andrews
Mar 23, 2013
Ameal Robert "Bobby" Andrews, 65, was born April 18, 1947 in Houston, TX to Ameal Marion and Ethel Mae Guidry Andrews and passed away March 23, 2013. Bobby served in the Navy prior to his retirement of over 25 years of service with Mobil Oil, where he worked as a pumper/operator. Bobby is survived by his daughter, Lisa Kay Andrews...
Ernest Gene Swanson
Mar 22, 2013
Ernest Gene Swanson, of Bridge City, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at Cypress Glen East Nursing and Rehabilitation in Port Arthur. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Forrest Wood, pastor of First Baptist Church in Orangefield. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near...
Ella Mae Hamor
Mar 22, 2013
Ella Mae Hamor, 81, of Deweyville, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. Born in St. Louis,...