Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Betty Jean Drake
Sep 4, 2012
Betty Jean Drake died peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. Betty was born on June 29, 1924 in Pineville, Kentucky to parents Leoma "Knee" and Thomas Hendrickson. She met, fell madly in love with and married Earl Edward Drake after moving to Orange where they made a home for their four children. She was a longtime member of...
Rebecca Jean Sepulvado
Sep 4, 2012
Rebecca Jean Sepulvado, 44, of Orange passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2012. A funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 8, 2012, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City with Reverend Brad Morgan officiating. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at St. Ann Cemetery in Ebarb, LA. She is preceded in death by her...
Carol Paige Dowe
Sep 4, 2012
Carol Paige Dowe, 62, of Crystal Beach, Texas died September 4, 2012 in Galveston, Texas. She was born February 18, 1950 in Mobile, Alabama to Irving and Mildred Bosarge Sumerlin. Carol was very creative and talented and retired as a drapery seamstress having worked in interior design for most of her career. Carol is survived by her husband, Michael "Mike"...
La'Tasha La'Nae Williams
Sep 4, 2012
La'Tasha La'Nae Williams, 7 months, of Orange passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2012. A Graveside Service will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 10, 2012, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. La'Tasha was born January 23, 2012, in Orange to Anthony James Williams, Jr....
James Stanley Middlebrooks, Jr.
Sep 4, 2012
James Stanley Middlebrooks, Jr., 63, of Bridge City passed away at his home Tuesday, September 4, 2012. A funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 7, 2012 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger of St. Henry Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. A gathering of family and...
Larry Gene Bruce
Sep 3, 2012
Larry "Cheeseburger" Bruce, 60 was born August 24, 1952 in Fairfax, SC to Paul and Bonnie Harris Bruce and passed away September 3, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Larry was a long time resident of China, TX prior to relocating to Beaumont. After serving in the US Navy at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Larry worked in construction as...
Melvin Dudley Levingston
Sep 3, 2012
Melvin Dudley Levingston, 66, of Orange passed away Monday, September 3, 2012 at his home. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 10, 2012, at Pinehurst Pentecostal Church with Pastor W.W. Smith officiating. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Dudley was born June 23, 1946, in Orange to Melvin and Jean Perkins...
John J. Boyles
Sep 3, 2012
John Boyles, 82, was born January 24 1930 in Hancock County, OH to Delbert and Lottie Copeland Boyles and passed away September 3, 2012 in Lumberton, TX. John was a long time resident of Beaumont and worked as a security guard at North Star Steel prior to his retirement. Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Saturday, September 15 at...
Michael David Jones
Sep 3, 2012
Michael David Jones, 47, of Orange passed away Monday, September 3, 2012 in Beaumont at Baptist Hospital. He was born on November 3, 1964, in Houston and raised in Orange by his parents to Charles David and Claudie Marie LeBlanc Jones. Mike was a 1983 graduate of West Orange Stark. He was an electrician and was recently attending Community Church....
Janet Cristopher
Sep 1, 2012
Janet Cristopher, 93, of Orange, died Saturday, September 1, 2012, at The Meadows in Orange. Graveside services will be 11am Wednesday, September 5, 2012, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Pastor Ted Stone will be officiating. Visitation will be from 6-8pm, Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Culleoka, Texas, on August 29, 1919, Janet was the daughter of...
Gary L. Kratz
Sep 1, 2012
Gary L. Kratz, 64, of Kerrville, was born, October, 9, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Otto and Leah Kratz and passed away September 1, 2012 in The Colony, Texas. A gathering of friends and family to celebrate Gary's life will be held on Saturday, September 8, from 3-5:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Gary graduated from the...
Woodrow Wilson Broussard
Sep 1, 2012
Woodrow Wilson "Bruce" Broussard, 93, of Sour Lake, Texas, passed away after a long illness on September 1, 2012 at his home surrounded by his family. Born in Vinton, Louisiana, on November 5, 1918, he served in the United States Navy during WWII, and later was employed by Gulf Oil Corp., now Chevron, for over 40 years. Bruce served as...
H. Dale Thompson
Aug 31, 2012
Hammon Dale Thompson, Sr., 84, died on August 31, 2012, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Tx after a short illness. All of his children and remaining brother were at his side when he passed. Dale will be remembered by his many friends, which was anyone he ever met. Services are scheduled at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Tx, with visitation...
Marguerite Agnes Force
Aug 31, 2012
Marguerite Agnes Force, 84, of Orange, died Friday, August 31, 2012, at her home surrounded by her loving family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00pm Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Monsignor William Manger. Entombment will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5-8pm, with a...
Christine E. DeRouen
Aug 30, 2012
Christine E. DeRouen, 91, of Bridge City, TX, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012, at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00am Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens in Nederland. Visitation will be from 4-8pm, Monday at Claybar Funeral...
Myrtle Francis Blackmon Sherrill
Aug 29, 2012
Myrtle Francis Blackmon Sherrill, 80, of Orange died Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at The Meadows Nursing Rehabilitation in Orange. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 2, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Reverend Damon Bickham of First Baptist Church Deweyville officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m....
Raymond Alonzo Knight
Aug 29, 2012
Raymond Alonzo Knight, Sr., went to be with his Lord on August 29, 2012. Raymond was a graduate of Beaumont High School and a World War II and Korean Conflict Navy Veteran. He worked at Mobil Oil for 38 years and retired as a Senior Planner. He loved to garden, but the greatest love of his life was Beverly Johnson...
Willie Billie Franklin Vincent
Aug 29, 2012
Willie "Billie" Franklin Vincent Willie "Billie" Franklin Vincent, 86, of Orange, died Wednesday, August 29, 2012, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, September 1, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Dr. Dwane Kelley of First Baptist Church in Sour Lake and Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at...
Anna Lee Richard Garza
Aug 29, 2012
Anna Lee Richard Garza, 78, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas, Louisiana. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 1, 2012, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange with Father Tom Phelan officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Local arrangements were held under...
Rowat H. Smith
Aug 28, 2012
Rev. Rowat H. Smith, 88, of Lumberton, Texas, departed this life to rest in the arms of our Savior, August 27, 2012. He was born November 9, 1923 in Des Moines, Iowa. At the age of 2, he and his parents moved to Houston, Texas. It is there that he met his wife of 59 years, Alice M. Smith. Together...
Betty Jean Drake
Sep 4, 2012
Betty Jean Drake died peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. Betty was born on June 29, 1924 in Pineville, Kentucky to parents Leoma "Knee" and Thomas Hendrickson. She met, fell madly in love with and married Earl Edward Drake after moving to Orange where they made a home for their four children. She was a longtime member of...
Rebecca Jean Sepulvado
Sep 4, 2012
Rebecca Jean Sepulvado, 44, of Orange passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2012. A funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 8, 2012, at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City with Reverend Brad Morgan officiating. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at St. Ann Cemetery in Ebarb, LA. She is preceded in death by her...
Carol Paige Dowe
Sep 4, 2012
Carol Paige Dowe, 62, of Crystal Beach, Texas died September 4, 2012 in Galveston, Texas. She was born February 18, 1950 in Mobile, Alabama to Irving and Mildred Bosarge Sumerlin. Carol was very creative and talented and retired as a drapery seamstress having worked in interior design for most of her career. Carol is survived by her husband, Michael "Mike"...
La'Tasha La'Nae Williams
Sep 4, 2012
La'Tasha La'Nae Williams, 7 months, of Orange passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2012. A Graveside Service will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 10, 2012, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. La'Tasha was born January 23, 2012, in Orange to Anthony James Williams, Jr....
James Stanley Middlebrooks, Jr.
Sep 4, 2012
James Stanley Middlebrooks, Jr., 63, of Bridge City passed away at his home Tuesday, September 4, 2012. A funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 7, 2012 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger of St. Henry Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. A gathering of family and...
Larry Gene Bruce
Sep 3, 2012
Larry "Cheeseburger" Bruce, 60 was born August 24, 1952 in Fairfax, SC to Paul and Bonnie Harris Bruce and passed away September 3, 2012 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Larry was a long time resident of China, TX prior to relocating to Beaumont. After serving in the US Navy at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Larry worked in construction as...
Melvin Dudley Levingston
Sep 3, 2012
Melvin Dudley Levingston, 66, of Orange passed away Monday, September 3, 2012 at his home. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 10, 2012, at Pinehurst Pentecostal Church with Pastor W.W. Smith officiating. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory. Dudley was born June 23, 1946, in Orange to Melvin and Jean Perkins...
John J. Boyles
Sep 3, 2012
John Boyles, 82, was born January 24 1930 in Hancock County, OH to Delbert and Lottie Copeland Boyles and passed away September 3, 2012 in Lumberton, TX. John was a long time resident of Beaumont and worked as a security guard at North Star Steel prior to his retirement. Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM Saturday, September 15 at...
Michael David Jones
Sep 3, 2012
Michael David Jones, 47, of Orange passed away Monday, September 3, 2012 in Beaumont at Baptist Hospital. He was born on November 3, 1964, in Houston and raised in Orange by his parents to Charles David and Claudie Marie LeBlanc Jones. Mike was a 1983 graduate of West Orange Stark. He was an electrician and was recently attending Community Church....
Janet Cristopher
Sep 1, 2012
Janet Cristopher, 93, of Orange, died Saturday, September 1, 2012, at The Meadows in Orange. Graveside services will be 11am Wednesday, September 5, 2012, at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Pastor Ted Stone will be officiating. Visitation will be from 6-8pm, Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Culleoka, Texas, on August 29, 1919, Janet was the daughter of...
Gary L. Kratz
Sep 1, 2012
Gary L. Kratz, 64, of Kerrville, was born, October, 9, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Otto and Leah Kratz and passed away September 1, 2012 in The Colony, Texas. A gathering of friends and family to celebrate Gary's life will be held on Saturday, September 8, from 3-5:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Gary graduated from the...
Woodrow Wilson Broussard
Sep 1, 2012
Woodrow Wilson "Bruce" Broussard, 93, of Sour Lake, Texas, passed away after a long illness on September 1, 2012 at his home surrounded by his family. Born in Vinton, Louisiana, on November 5, 1918, he served in the United States Navy during WWII, and later was employed by Gulf Oil Corp., now Chevron, for over 40 years. Bruce served as...
H. Dale Thompson
Aug 31, 2012
Hammon Dale Thompson, Sr., 84, died on August 31, 2012, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont, Tx after a short illness. All of his children and remaining brother were at his side when he passed. Dale will be remembered by his many friends, which was anyone he ever met. Services are scheduled at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Tx, with visitation...
Marguerite Agnes Force
Aug 31, 2012
Marguerite Agnes Force, 84, of Orange, died Friday, August 31, 2012, at her home surrounded by her loving family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00pm Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Monsignor William Manger. Entombment will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5-8pm, with a...
Christine E. DeRouen
Aug 30, 2012
Christine E. DeRouen, 91, of Bridge City, TX, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012, at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00am Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be Father Steve Leger. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens in Nederland. Visitation will be from 4-8pm, Monday at Claybar Funeral...
Myrtle Francis Blackmon Sherrill
Aug 29, 2012
Myrtle Francis Blackmon Sherrill, 80, of Orange died Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at The Meadows Nursing Rehabilitation in Orange. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 2, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Reverend Damon Bickham of First Baptist Church Deweyville officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m....
Raymond Alonzo Knight
Aug 29, 2012
Raymond Alonzo Knight, Sr., went to be with his Lord on August 29, 2012. Raymond was a graduate of Beaumont High School and a World War II and Korean Conflict Navy Veteran. He worked at Mobil Oil for 38 years and retired as a Senior Planner. He loved to garden, but the greatest love of his life was Beverly Johnson...
Willie Billie Franklin Vincent
Aug 29, 2012
Willie "Billie" Franklin Vincent Willie "Billie" Franklin Vincent, 86, of Orange, died Wednesday, August 29, 2012, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, September 1, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Dr. Dwane Kelley of First Baptist Church in Sour Lake and Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at...
Anna Lee Richard Garza
Aug 29, 2012
Anna Lee Richard Garza, 78, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas, Louisiana. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 1, 2012, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange with Father Tom Phelan officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Local arrangements were held under...
Rowat H. Smith
Aug 28, 2012
Rev. Rowat H. Smith, 88, of Lumberton, Texas, departed this life to rest in the arms of our Savior, August 27, 2012. He was born November 9, 1923 in Des Moines, Iowa. At the age of 2, he and his parents moved to Houston, Texas. It is there that he met his wife of 59 years, Alice M. Smith. Together...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries