Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Harold W. Calvert
Nov 29, 2012
Harold Winfred Calvert, 85, was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on November 25, 1927. He passed peacefully at home and went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 29, 2012. The family will receive friends for visitation from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 2,...
William Charles McClelland
Nov 29, 2012
William C. McClelland Yankee Max, 88, was born May 29, 1924 in Pittsburgh, PA to William H. and Lucille Bourgoyne McClelland and passed away November 29, 2012 in Pt. Arthur, TX. The family will have their own private services. Mr. McClelland was training as a pilot on P-47 airplanes during World War II, serving in Germany. He went to work...
Ann Cunningham
Nov 28, 2012
Anna Laura Cunningham, 74, of Orange, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012, in Beaumont. Ann was born in Buna to Ouida "Granny" and Forest Owens on April 29, 1938. She attended Little Cypress High School where she was a member of the band and basketball team, as well as being the Valedictorian of the senior class of 1956. Ann went...
Mildred Laura Whigte
Nov 27, 2012
Mildred Laura White was born December 18, 1925 in Houston, Texas to William Charles and Alice Marie Kester Brown and passed away November 27, 2012 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A resident of Sour Lake for the past 20 years, she was a former resident of Houston and a retired antique dealer. She was a 1944 graduate of Sam Houston...
Glenda Stracener Sands
Nov 27, 2012
Glenda Stracener Sands, 67, of West Orange, went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 1, 2012, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Royal, pastor of Winfree Baptist Church. Graveside services...
Varghese Kulianickal Paily
Nov 26, 2012
Varghese Kulianickal Paily, 52, of Port Arthur died Monday, November 26, 2012, in Louisiana. Funeral Services will be 4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 2, 2012, at St. Helen Catholic Church in Orangefield with Father Joe Kattakada officiating. Burial will take place at a later date in India. Arrangements were held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will...
Danny K. Hunn
Nov 26, 2012
Danny K. Hunn, 60, of Beaumont, passed away November 26, 2012. Graveside services will be on Friday, November 30, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Haven of Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Danny was born May 16, 1952 in South Dakota to Blain and Mary Ertyl Hunn. He grew up...
Lee O'Daniel Bill Clark
Nov 25, 2012
Lee O'Daniel "Bill" Clark, beloved and well known broadcaster, 73, of Orange died Sunday, November 25, 2012 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. The funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 29, 2012, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City with Reverend Bob Boone officiating. A graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. at Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation...
Tammie Kaye Dubose
Nov 23, 2012
Tammie Kaye Dubose, 48, of Kilgore, Texas, died Friday, November 23, 2012. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at St. Helen Catholic Church in Orangefield with Father George Kidangen officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge...
Charlene Mobley
Nov 23, 2012
Charlene Mobley, 88, of Vidor was born July 23, 1924 in Oil City, Louisiana and passed away Friday, November 23, 2012 at Baptist Hospital. A celebration of her life will be held on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Turning Point Church in Vidor. Interment will follow in Restlawn Cemetery. A gathering of friends and family will be...
Donald E. Morgan
Nov 23, 2012
Donald E. Morgan, 79, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Friday, November 23, 2012 at his home. He was born in Beaumont, January 31, 1933 to Ernest and Lorena Daigle Morgan. A celebration of his life will be held Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial...
Peggy Ann Oliphint
Nov 22, 2012
Peggy Ann Oliphint, 78, of Orange, Texas, died Thursday, November 22, 2012, at The Meadows Nursing Home. She was born on December 1, 1933, to Henry and Annie Hanson in Sherrill County, Arkansas. A private family service will be held in Heber Springs, Arkansas. She grew up in Arkansas, except for a few years in San Francisco during the War....
Betty Frances Harper
Nov 19, 2012
Betty Frances Harper, 91, of Bridge City, died Monday, November 19, 2012, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 26, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Charles Miller, Associate Pastor of First Baptist Church in Groves. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Norman Camp
Nov 18, 2012
Norman Ray Camp, 61, of Starks, Louisiana, died Sunday, November 18, 2012, at West Cal-Cam Hospital in Sulphur, Louisiana. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Cremation will follow under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory....
Geraldene Bates
Nov 18, 2012
"Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies....Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness….Her children arise up and call her blessed." Geraldene Davis Bates passed peacefully and gracefully to her eternal home on...
Bernard A. Birk
Nov 17, 2012
Bernard A. Birk, 83, resident of Orange for 31 years passed away Saturday, November 17, 2012 at is home. Bernard was born September 8, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA to Carrie and Bernard L. Birk who preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Isabel; son, Brian and his wife, Heather of San Diego, CA; daughter,...
Martha Helena Trahan
Nov 17, 2012
Martha Helena Trahan, 98, of Orange, died Saturday, November 17, 2012. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at Evergreen Cemetery. Officiating will be Dr. Andy Pate of First Christian Church. Born in Orange, Texas, on August 26, 1914, Martha was the daughter of Jack and Clara Meeks Noguess. She worked at Orange Memorial Hospital and Weingarten...
Frank William Virva,
Nov 16, 2012
Frank William Virva, Sr., 86, of Orange passed away Friday, November 16, 2012 at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 19, 2012 at St. Mary Catholic Church. Officiating will be Father Joseph P. Daleo. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. The visitation will be from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday...
Lewis H. Williams
Nov 16, 2012
Lewis H. Williams, 89, of Orange passed away Friday, November 16, 2012. A graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. The visitation will be from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Mr. Williams was born June 9, 1923 in Ft. Smith, AR to John...
Hillary Joseph Reed
Nov 14, 2012
Hillary Joseph Reed, 63, was born in Lake Charles, LA and lived in Bridge City, TX for over 25 years. He loved fishing, hunting, riding motorcycles, along with wood and metal working in his shops. He retired from W. R. Grace & Co. in Sulphur, LA. He was preceded in death by his mother, father, two brothers and his sister....
Harold W. Calvert
Nov 29, 2012
Harold Winfred Calvert, 85, was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on November 25, 1927. He passed peacefully at home and went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 29, 2012. The family will receive friends for visitation from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 2,...
William Charles McClelland
Nov 29, 2012
William C. McClelland Yankee Max, 88, was born May 29, 1924 in Pittsburgh, PA to William H. and Lucille Bourgoyne McClelland and passed away November 29, 2012 in Pt. Arthur, TX. The family will have their own private services. Mr. McClelland was training as a pilot on P-47 airplanes during World War II, serving in Germany. He went to work...
Ann Cunningham
Nov 28, 2012
Anna Laura Cunningham, 74, of Orange, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2012, in Beaumont. Ann was born in Buna to Ouida "Granny" and Forest Owens on April 29, 1938. She attended Little Cypress High School where she was a member of the band and basketball team, as well as being the Valedictorian of the senior class of 1956. Ann went...
Mildred Laura Whigte
Nov 27, 2012
Mildred Laura White was born December 18, 1925 in Houston, Texas to William Charles and Alice Marie Kester Brown and passed away November 27, 2012 at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A resident of Sour Lake for the past 20 years, she was a former resident of Houston and a retired antique dealer. She was a 1944 graduate of Sam Houston...
Glenda Stracener Sands
Nov 27, 2012
Glenda Stracener Sands, 67, of West Orange, went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 1, 2012, in the chapel of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Royal, pastor of Winfree Baptist Church. Graveside services...
Varghese Kulianickal Paily
Nov 26, 2012
Varghese Kulianickal Paily, 52, of Port Arthur died Monday, November 26, 2012, in Louisiana. Funeral Services will be 4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 2, 2012, at St. Helen Catholic Church in Orangefield with Father Joe Kattakada officiating. Burial will take place at a later date in India. Arrangements were held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will...
Danny K. Hunn
Nov 26, 2012
Danny K. Hunn, 60, of Beaumont, passed away November 26, 2012. Graveside services will be on Friday, November 30, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Haven of Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Danny was born May 16, 1952 in South Dakota to Blain and Mary Ertyl Hunn. He grew up...
Lee O'Daniel Bill Clark
Nov 25, 2012
Lee O'Daniel "Bill" Clark, beloved and well known broadcaster, 73, of Orange died Sunday, November 25, 2012 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. The funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 29, 2012, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City with Reverend Bob Boone officiating. A graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. at Fairmount Cemetery. Visitation...
Tammie Kaye Dubose
Nov 23, 2012
Tammie Kaye Dubose, 48, of Kilgore, Texas, died Friday, November 23, 2012. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at St. Helen Catholic Church in Orangefield with Father George Kidangen officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge...
Charlene Mobley
Nov 23, 2012
Charlene Mobley, 88, of Vidor was born July 23, 1924 in Oil City, Louisiana and passed away Friday, November 23, 2012 at Baptist Hospital. A celebration of her life will be held on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Turning Point Church in Vidor. Interment will follow in Restlawn Cemetery. A gathering of friends and family will be...
Donald E. Morgan
Nov 23, 2012
Donald E. Morgan, 79, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Friday, November 23, 2012 at his home. He was born in Beaumont, January 31, 1933 to Ernest and Lorena Daigle Morgan. A celebration of his life will be held Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial...
Peggy Ann Oliphint
Nov 22, 2012
Peggy Ann Oliphint, 78, of Orange, Texas, died Thursday, November 22, 2012, at The Meadows Nursing Home. She was born on December 1, 1933, to Henry and Annie Hanson in Sherrill County, Arkansas. A private family service will be held in Heber Springs, Arkansas. She grew up in Arkansas, except for a few years in San Francisco during the War....
Betty Frances Harper
Nov 19, 2012
Betty Frances Harper, 91, of Bridge City, died Monday, November 19, 2012, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 26, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Charles Miller, Associate Pastor of First Baptist Church in Groves. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Norman Camp
Nov 18, 2012
Norman Ray Camp, 61, of Starks, Louisiana, died Sunday, November 18, 2012, at West Cal-Cam Hospital in Sulphur, Louisiana. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Cremation will follow under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory....
Geraldene Bates
Nov 18, 2012
"Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies....Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness….Her children arise up and call her blessed." Geraldene Davis Bates passed peacefully and gracefully to her eternal home on...
Bernard A. Birk
Nov 17, 2012
Bernard A. Birk, 83, resident of Orange for 31 years passed away Saturday, November 17, 2012 at is home. Bernard was born September 8, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA to Carrie and Bernard L. Birk who preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Isabel; son, Brian and his wife, Heather of San Diego, CA; daughter,...
Martha Helena Trahan
Nov 17, 2012
Martha Helena Trahan, 98, of Orange, died Saturday, November 17, 2012. Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at Evergreen Cemetery. Officiating will be Dr. Andy Pate of First Christian Church. Born in Orange, Texas, on August 26, 1914, Martha was the daughter of Jack and Clara Meeks Noguess. She worked at Orange Memorial Hospital and Weingarten...
Frank William Virva,
Nov 16, 2012
Frank William Virva, Sr., 86, of Orange passed away Friday, November 16, 2012 at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 19, 2012 at St. Mary Catholic Church. Officiating will be Father Joseph P. Daleo. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. The visitation will be from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday...
Lewis H. Williams
Nov 16, 2012
Lewis H. Williams, 89, of Orange passed away Friday, November 16, 2012. A graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. The visitation will be from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Mr. Williams was born June 9, 1923 in Ft. Smith, AR to John...
Hillary Joseph Reed
Nov 14, 2012
Hillary Joseph Reed, 63, was born in Lake Charles, LA and lived in Bridge City, TX for over 25 years. He loved fishing, hunting, riding motorcycles, along with wood and metal working in his shops. He retired from W. R. Grace & Co. in Sulphur, LA. He was preceded in death by his mother, father, two brothers and his sister....
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