Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Evelyn Pellerin
Feb 25, 2013
Evelyn Pellerin, 89, of Bridge City, died Monday, February 25, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 1, 2013, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City with Father Steven Leger serving as celebrant. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Port Arthur. Visitation will begin Thursday...
Albert Baxter Vincent
Feb 25, 2013
A memorial service for Albert Baxter Vincent, 66, of Beaumont will be held Sunday March 3, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Al passed away peacefully at home in Beaumont, Texas on Monday, February 25th. He leaves his wife Shawn, his daughters Kate and Anne, his sister Frances, three grandchildren, and nephews Karl and Mark Bowles and...
Ryan Michael Winfree
Feb 24, 2013
Ryan Michael Winfree, 13, of Orangefield, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2013, at his home. Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at Winfree Baptist Church. Officiating will be Pastor Keith Royal of Winfree Baptist Church and Pastor Paul Fregia of Pecan Acres Baptist Church in Vidor. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery in Buna. Visitation will...
Dr. Frances Ann Lavergne
Feb 21, 2013
Dr. Frances Ann Lavergne, 68, of Tomball, Texas, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 25, 2013, at St. Mary Catholic Church with Reverend Joseph P. Daleo officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with a...
James Jim Hasty, Jr.
Feb 21, 2013
James "Jim" Hasty, Jr., 80, of Orange, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Friends are invited to a visitation from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A eulogy will be given at 7:00 p.m. by Gilbert Mazzola. Born in Smithville, Georgia on December 4, 1932, Jim was the son...
Loretta Pearl Tillman
Feb 21, 2013
Loretta Pearl Tillman, 80, of Orange passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013, at Vidor Health and Rehab. Born in Vinton, Louisiana on April 7, 1932, Loretta was the daughter of Sydney and Hazel Mitchell Caruthers. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Herman "Richard" Tillman; sister, Faye Hantz; and grandson, Ricco Maggio. Loretta is survived by her daughters...
Wilda Emma Martin
Feb 20, 2013
Wilda Martin, 84, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on December 24, 1928, Wilda was the daughter of Edward and Olive Maloz Rau. She attended St. Mary's Catholic School and graduated in 1947. Wilda then married Lewis Martin of Port Arthur on February 24, 1951. They...
Mildred Brooks Molley
Feb 19, 2013
Mildred Brooks Molley, 92, of Orange, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at Park Manor Nursing Home in Conroe. Funeral services will be 10 am, Friday, February 22, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Tom Phelan. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5pm to 8pm, Thursday at the funeral...
Virginia Nell Vick
Feb 19, 2013
Virginia Vick, 82, was born November 28, 1930 to William Lee and Annie Jane Sheffield Suggs in Tatum, TX and passed away February 19, 2013 in Beaumont. She was a long-time resident of Beaumont and retired as an operator with Helena Laboratories. Virginia was lovingly known as "MawMaw". She loved studying the Bible, she loved the Lord Jesus Christ, her...
Theodore Black Hebert
Feb 18, 2013
Theodore Black Hebert was born to Edvar and Alice Hebert in Kaplan, Louisiana on August 5, 1925, and went home to be with the Lord on February 18, 2013. He was a World War II Veteran and a retiree of Gulf Oil Corporation. Mr. Hebert was preceded in death by his first wife, Una Mae Hebert; grandson, Travis Hebert; daughter,...
Thomas Vernon Smelker
Feb 18, 2013
Thomas Vernon Smelker, Sr., 94, of San Antonio was born January 11, 1919 in Beaumont, Texas and passed away February 18, 2013 at Wellspring Gardens in San Antonio. He was a realtor and owner of T.V. Smelker Realty in Beaumont. In later years, he was a loan officer at First Federal Savings and Loan. Mr. Smelker was a graduate of...
Alice Jane Carlson
Feb 17, 2013
Funeral services for Alice Jane Carlson, 83, of Beaumont, will be held Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Rev. David Goolsby, officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of friends and family will be Monday evening from 4-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Carlson was born June 30,...
Jack Thompson
Feb 17, 2013
Jack Thompson was born in Beaumont, Texas on May 16, 1928, to Rayburn and Winnie Thompson. At the age of 8 his family moved to Nederland, Texas, and it was at about this time Jack began to go with his cousin to assemblies at the local Church of Christ. At Jack's urging, his parents who were unchurched began to attend...
Mary Lillian Veazey Chatlosh
Feb 17, 2013
Mary Lillian Veazey was born August 4, 1922 to Joseph Benoit Ben Veazey and Margaret Noelie Broussard Veazey. She started life and grew up on a houseboat on the Sabine River in Orange in the 1920s and 30s with her parents, brother and sister, attending Curtis Elementary, St. Mary School, and Orange High School and dreaming of becoming a writer....
Raymon Ethridge Thompson
Feb 14, 2013
Raymon Ethridge Thompson went to be with the Lord on February 14, 2013. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at Bethel Baptist Church in West Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Olan Thompson and assisting will be Reverend Chad Sangster and Reverend Jack Comer. Entombment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be...
Barbara June Broer
Feb 13, 2013
Memorial services for Barbara June Broer, 59, of Beaumont will be held Friday, February 15, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel in Beaumont. Barbara was born June 12, 1953 in Columbia, Mississippi and passed away on February 13, 2013 in Beaumont following a lengthy illness. She was a homemaker and former resident of Orange. She is survived...
Bobby Franklin Goza, Sr
Feb 12, 2013
Graveside services for Bobby Franklin Goza, Sr., 78, of Beaumont will be held Friday, February 15, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Haven of Rest Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be Thursday, February 14, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Friends who wish may direct memorial contributions the Humane Society...
Michelle Denise Anderson
Feb 11, 2013
Michelle Denise Anderson, 57, of Bridge City, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2013, at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Brad Morgan, pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Cremation will follow under the...
Mark Kyle Smith
Feb 11, 2013
Mark Kyle Smith, 39, of Orange, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, February 11, 2013, at Pinehurst Nursing and Rehabilitation in Orange. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 15, 2013, at United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City with Reverend John W. Harroll officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City....
Bessie Andress
Feb 11, 2013
Bessie Andress, 90, of Orange, died Monday, February 11, 2013 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2pm, Friday, February 15, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:30pm to 9pm, Thursday at the funeral home. Born in Crowley, Louisiana, on June 7, 1922, Bessie was...
Evelyn Pellerin
Feb 25, 2013
Evelyn Pellerin, 89, of Bridge City, died Monday, February 25, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 1, 2013, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City with Father Steven Leger serving as celebrant. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Port Arthur. Visitation will begin Thursday...
Albert Baxter Vincent
Feb 25, 2013
A memorial service for Albert Baxter Vincent, 66, of Beaumont will be held Sunday March 3, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Al passed away peacefully at home in Beaumont, Texas on Monday, February 25th. He leaves his wife Shawn, his daughters Kate and Anne, his sister Frances, three grandchildren, and nephews Karl and Mark Bowles and...
Ryan Michael Winfree
Feb 24, 2013
Ryan Michael Winfree, 13, of Orangefield, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2013, at his home. Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at Winfree Baptist Church. Officiating will be Pastor Keith Royal of Winfree Baptist Church and Pastor Paul Fregia of Pecan Acres Baptist Church in Vidor. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery in Buna. Visitation will...
Dr. Frances Ann Lavergne
Feb 21, 2013
Dr. Frances Ann Lavergne, 68, of Tomball, Texas, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 25, 2013, at St. Mary Catholic Church with Reverend Joseph P. Daleo officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with a...
James Jim Hasty, Jr.
Feb 21, 2013
James "Jim" Hasty, Jr., 80, of Orange, passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Friends are invited to a visitation from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. A eulogy will be given at 7:00 p.m. by Gilbert Mazzola. Born in Smithville, Georgia on December 4, 1932, Jim was the son...
Loretta Pearl Tillman
Feb 21, 2013
Loretta Pearl Tillman, 80, of Orange passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013, at Vidor Health and Rehab. Born in Vinton, Louisiana on April 7, 1932, Loretta was the daughter of Sydney and Hazel Mitchell Caruthers. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Herman "Richard" Tillman; sister, Faye Hantz; and grandson, Ricco Maggio. Loretta is survived by her daughters...
Wilda Emma Martin
Feb 20, 2013
Wilda Martin, 84, of Bridge City, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on December 24, 1928, Wilda was the daughter of Edward and Olive Maloz Rau. She attended St. Mary's Catholic School and graduated in 1947. Wilda then married Lewis Martin of Port Arthur on February 24, 1951. They...
Mildred Brooks Molley
Feb 19, 2013
Mildred Brooks Molley, 92, of Orange, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at Park Manor Nursing Home in Conroe. Funeral services will be 10 am, Friday, February 22, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Tom Phelan. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5pm to 8pm, Thursday at the funeral...
Virginia Nell Vick
Feb 19, 2013
Virginia Vick, 82, was born November 28, 1930 to William Lee and Annie Jane Sheffield Suggs in Tatum, TX and passed away February 19, 2013 in Beaumont. She was a long-time resident of Beaumont and retired as an operator with Helena Laboratories. Virginia was lovingly known as "MawMaw". She loved studying the Bible, she loved the Lord Jesus Christ, her...
Theodore Black Hebert
Feb 18, 2013
Theodore Black Hebert was born to Edvar and Alice Hebert in Kaplan, Louisiana on August 5, 1925, and went home to be with the Lord on February 18, 2013. He was a World War II Veteran and a retiree of Gulf Oil Corporation. Mr. Hebert was preceded in death by his first wife, Una Mae Hebert; grandson, Travis Hebert; daughter,...
Thomas Vernon Smelker
Feb 18, 2013
Thomas Vernon Smelker, Sr., 94, of San Antonio was born January 11, 1919 in Beaumont, Texas and passed away February 18, 2013 at Wellspring Gardens in San Antonio. He was a realtor and owner of T.V. Smelker Realty in Beaumont. In later years, he was a loan officer at First Federal Savings and Loan. Mr. Smelker was a graduate of...
Alice Jane Carlson
Feb 17, 2013
Funeral services for Alice Jane Carlson, 83, of Beaumont, will be held Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Rev. David Goolsby, officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A gathering of friends and family will be Monday evening from 4-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Carlson was born June 30,...
Jack Thompson
Feb 17, 2013
Jack Thompson was born in Beaumont, Texas on May 16, 1928, to Rayburn and Winnie Thompson. At the age of 8 his family moved to Nederland, Texas, and it was at about this time Jack began to go with his cousin to assemblies at the local Church of Christ. At Jack's urging, his parents who were unchurched began to attend...
Mary Lillian Veazey Chatlosh
Feb 17, 2013
Mary Lillian Veazey was born August 4, 1922 to Joseph Benoit Ben Veazey and Margaret Noelie Broussard Veazey. She started life and grew up on a houseboat on the Sabine River in Orange in the 1920s and 30s with her parents, brother and sister, attending Curtis Elementary, St. Mary School, and Orange High School and dreaming of becoming a writer....
Raymon Ethridge Thompson
Feb 14, 2013
Raymon Ethridge Thompson went to be with the Lord on February 14, 2013. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at Bethel Baptist Church in West Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Olan Thompson and assisting will be Reverend Chad Sangster and Reverend Jack Comer. Entombment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be...
Barbara June Broer
Feb 13, 2013
Memorial services for Barbara June Broer, 59, of Beaumont will be held Friday, February 15, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel in Beaumont. Barbara was born June 12, 1953 in Columbia, Mississippi and passed away on February 13, 2013 in Beaumont following a lengthy illness. She was a homemaker and former resident of Orange. She is survived...
Bobby Franklin Goza, Sr
Feb 12, 2013
Graveside services for Bobby Franklin Goza, Sr., 78, of Beaumont will be held Friday, February 15, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Haven of Rest Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be Thursday, February 14, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Friends who wish may direct memorial contributions the Humane Society...
Michelle Denise Anderson
Feb 11, 2013
Michelle Denise Anderson, 57, of Bridge City, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2013, at Christus St. Mary Hospital in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Brad Morgan, pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Cremation will follow under the...
Mark Kyle Smith
Feb 11, 2013
Mark Kyle Smith, 39, of Orange, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, February 11, 2013, at Pinehurst Nursing and Rehabilitation in Orange. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 15, 2013, at United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City with Reverend John W. Harroll officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City....
Bessie Andress
Feb 11, 2013
Bessie Andress, 90, of Orange, died Monday, February 11, 2013 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 2pm, Friday, February 15, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:30pm to 9pm, Thursday at the funeral home. Born in Crowley, Louisiana, on June 7, 1922, Bessie was...
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