Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Marie Diane Guidry
Jan 30, 2012
Marie Diane Guidry, 57, of Orange passed away Monday, January 30, 2012, at her residence. Graveside Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 3, 2012 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Sam Roe pastor, of Colony Baptist Church in Orange. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home...
H. B. Sparks, Jr.
Jan 29, 2012
H. B. Sparks Born on January 25, 1918, near Mt. Enterprise, TX, H.B. Sparks, Jr., passed away in Beaumont on January 29, 2012, only days after his 94th birthday. Visitation will be held at Claybar Kelly-Watkins Funeral Home on 11th Street, from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., on Tuesday, January 31. Graveside services will take place at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,...
Charles Lamar Eldridge
Jan 29, 2012
A memorial service for Chuck Eldridge, 69, of Beaumont will be held Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Chuck was a retired auto salesman, a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, a 1961 graduate of Beaumont High and had attended Lamar University. He is survived by three children, Christopher Lain Eldridge, Chad Eldridge, Terry Glenn Richard;...
Chuck Eldridge
Jan 29, 2012
A memorial service for Chuck Eldridge, 69, of Beaumont will be held Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Chuck was a retired auto salesman, a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, a 1961 graduate of Beaumont High and had attended Lamar University. He is survived by three children, Christopher Lain Eldridge, Chad Eldridge, Terry Glenn Richard;...
Ian Marion Mitchell
Jan 28, 2012
Ian Marion Mitchell, son of Lyle and Megan Mitchell, died Saturday, January 28, 2012, at UTMB in Galveston. Memorial Services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, February 4, 2012, Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory.
Jane Pate Rawson
Jan 28, 2012
Jane Pate Rawson, 87, of Orange passed away at her home Saturday, January 28, 2012. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch of Wesley United Methodist Church in Orange. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m. at Isaac Lowe Cemetery in Hemphill....
Eleanor McIlwain Stevens
Jan 27, 2012
Eleanor McIlwain Stevens, 81, passed away with her daughters by her side on Friday, January 27, 2012 in Houston, Texas. Ms. Stevens was born in Port Arthur, Texas on July 6, 1930, the first child to Amelia McIlwain and George Talbot "G.T." Stevens. She graduated in 1948 from Thomas Jefferson High School, where she proudly served as a bass drummer...
Hilda Elise Heartfield
Jan 27, 2012
Hilda Elise Tidwell Heartfield Hilda Elise Heartfield died on Friday, January 27, 2012. at Bayou Manor in Houston, TX. She was born in Fostoria, TX on August 19, 1920, to Albert Milton Tidwell and Rachel Ann Huffman Tidwell. Her family moved to Beaumont when she was three years old and she graduated from South Park High School when she was...
Frances McDaniel Strachn
Jan 27, 2012
Frances Lorena McDaniel Strachn, 87, was born September 8, 1924 to George and Addie Stevens McDaniel in Beaumont. She currently resided and passed away January 27, 2012 in Irving, TX. Visitation will be on Saturday, February 4 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home prior to the graveside service at 2:00 PM at Forest Lawn Memorial Park...
Tommy L. McKay
Jan 23, 2012
Tommy L. McKay, 82, of Orange passed away at his home on Monday, January 23, 2012. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 27, 2012 at Orange First Church of the Nazarene with Reverend Ray McDowell officiating. Interment will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will be from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday at Claybar...
Margaret Dunlevy Dal Sasso
Jan 23, 2012
Margaret Dunlevy Dal Sasso, of Orange passed away Monday, January 23, 2012, peacefully at home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bernard H. Dunlevy and Mary Alice Kennedy Dunlevy; her husband, Anton Tony Dal Sasso; and her brother, Bernard J. Jerry Dunlevy. Margaret was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. She attended St. Mary's College in Manchester, New Hampshire and...
Bryan Hryhorchuk
Jan 21, 2012
Bryan Hryhorchuk, 52, of Baytown, died Saturday, January 21, 2012, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont surrounded by his loving family and friends. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 28, 2012, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City with Reverend Steven Leger, officiating. Burial will follow at Deweyville Cemetery in Deweyville. Visitation will...
Dianne Finley Ross
Jan 21, 2012
Dianne Finley Ross, 74, of Orange, died Saturday, January 21, 2012, at her residence. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bob Webb, Eric Small and Matt Chandler. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to...
Gladys Holderman Mendoza
Jan 21, 2012
Gladys Holderman Mendoza went home with the Lord Saturday, January 21, 2012. She was born in 1924 in Arkansas. She was a retired bank teller from First City Bank. She was from Arkansas, and moved to Orange after her first husband died. In the 70's she met and married Al Mendoza. She was a lovely lady who was dedicated to...
Leroy G. Breaux
Jan 21, 2012
Leroy Gilbert Breaux, 90, of Bridge City, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2012 at The Meadows in Orange, TX. He was born August 4, 1921 in Franklin, LA to Sylvia and Gilbert Breaux. He lived in Orange until 1949 when he and his wife Dorothy Fox Breaux moved to Bridge City to raise their family. Leroy retired from the City...
Joseph Joey David Krout III
Jan 20, 2012
Joseph "Joey" David Krout III, 78, of Orange, died Friday, January 20, 2012, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, January 21, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, prior to the funeral service....
George Mullins
Jan 18, 2012
George Belton Mullins, Jr. of Bridge City passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2012, in Beaumont Texas. George was universally known as "Moon", a childhood nickname that remained with him throughout his 87 years. Moon graduated from Pell City High School in Pell City, Alabama, May of 1941, and then joined the Marine Corp and served in WWII. After the war...
Glenn Edward Orr, Jr.
Jan 17, 2012
Glenn Edward Orr, Jr., 84, a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and resident of Orange, Texas, died Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 20, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Damon Bickham, pastor of First Baptist Church Deweyville, Reverend Lee Walker, pastor of Caddo Valley Baptist Church, and Mr. Jonathan Weldon....
Johnnie Mae Findley
Jan 17, 2012
Johnnie Findley, 88, of Vidor passed away January 17, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, TX. A celebration of Johnnie's life will be held Friday, January 20, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. There will be a gathering of family and friends at the funeral home...
Marie Scruggs
Jan 17, 2012
Marie Scruggs, age 85, of Willis, Texas and formerly of Orange, Texas passed away on January 17, 2012 at her home in Willis. She was born August 11, 1926 in Merryville, Louisiana to William and Ida Martin Corsey. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, James Scruggs. Marie leaves behind 3 daughters, Sandra Reese and husband...
Marie Diane Guidry
Jan 30, 2012
Marie Diane Guidry, 57, of Orange passed away Monday, January 30, 2012, at her residence. Graveside Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 3, 2012 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Sam Roe pastor, of Colony Baptist Church in Orange. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home...
H. B. Sparks, Jr.
Jan 29, 2012
H. B. Sparks Born on January 25, 1918, near Mt. Enterprise, TX, H.B. Sparks, Jr., passed away in Beaumont on January 29, 2012, only days after his 94th birthday. Visitation will be held at Claybar Kelly-Watkins Funeral Home on 11th Street, from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., on Tuesday, January 31. Graveside services will take place at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,...
Charles Lamar Eldridge
Jan 29, 2012
A memorial service for Chuck Eldridge, 69, of Beaumont will be held Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Chuck was a retired auto salesman, a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, a 1961 graduate of Beaumont High and had attended Lamar University. He is survived by three children, Christopher Lain Eldridge, Chad Eldridge, Terry Glenn Richard;...
Chuck Eldridge
Jan 29, 2012
A memorial service for Chuck Eldridge, 69, of Beaumont will be held Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel. Chuck was a retired auto salesman, a U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, a 1961 graduate of Beaumont High and had attended Lamar University. He is survived by three children, Christopher Lain Eldridge, Chad Eldridge, Terry Glenn Richard;...
Ian Marion Mitchell
Jan 28, 2012
Ian Marion Mitchell, son of Lyle and Megan Mitchell, died Saturday, January 28, 2012, at UTMB in Galveston. Memorial Services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, February 4, 2012, Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory.
Jane Pate Rawson
Jan 28, 2012
Jane Pate Rawson, 87, of Orange passed away at her home Saturday, January 28, 2012. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Randy Branch of Wesley United Methodist Church in Orange. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m. at Isaac Lowe Cemetery in Hemphill....
Eleanor McIlwain Stevens
Jan 27, 2012
Eleanor McIlwain Stevens, 81, passed away with her daughters by her side on Friday, January 27, 2012 in Houston, Texas. Ms. Stevens was born in Port Arthur, Texas on July 6, 1930, the first child to Amelia McIlwain and George Talbot "G.T." Stevens. She graduated in 1948 from Thomas Jefferson High School, where she proudly served as a bass drummer...
Hilda Elise Heartfield
Jan 27, 2012
Hilda Elise Tidwell Heartfield Hilda Elise Heartfield died on Friday, January 27, 2012. at Bayou Manor in Houston, TX. She was born in Fostoria, TX on August 19, 1920, to Albert Milton Tidwell and Rachel Ann Huffman Tidwell. Her family moved to Beaumont when she was three years old and she graduated from South Park High School when she was...
Frances McDaniel Strachn
Jan 27, 2012
Frances Lorena McDaniel Strachn, 87, was born September 8, 1924 to George and Addie Stevens McDaniel in Beaumont. She currently resided and passed away January 27, 2012 in Irving, TX. Visitation will be on Saturday, February 4 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home prior to the graveside service at 2:00 PM at Forest Lawn Memorial Park...
Tommy L. McKay
Jan 23, 2012
Tommy L. McKay, 82, of Orange passed away at his home on Monday, January 23, 2012. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 27, 2012 at Orange First Church of the Nazarene with Reverend Ray McDowell officiating. Interment will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will be from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday at Claybar...
Margaret Dunlevy Dal Sasso
Jan 23, 2012
Margaret Dunlevy Dal Sasso, of Orange passed away Monday, January 23, 2012, peacefully at home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bernard H. Dunlevy and Mary Alice Kennedy Dunlevy; her husband, Anton Tony Dal Sasso; and her brother, Bernard J. Jerry Dunlevy. Margaret was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. She attended St. Mary's College in Manchester, New Hampshire and...
Bryan Hryhorchuk
Jan 21, 2012
Bryan Hryhorchuk, 52, of Baytown, died Saturday, January 21, 2012, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont surrounded by his loving family and friends. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 28, 2012, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City with Reverend Steven Leger, officiating. Burial will follow at Deweyville Cemetery in Deweyville. Visitation will...
Dianne Finley Ross
Jan 21, 2012
Dianne Finley Ross, 74, of Orange, died Saturday, January 21, 2012, at her residence. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bob Webb, Eric Small and Matt Chandler. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to...
Gladys Holderman Mendoza
Jan 21, 2012
Gladys Holderman Mendoza went home with the Lord Saturday, January 21, 2012. She was born in 1924 in Arkansas. She was a retired bank teller from First City Bank. She was from Arkansas, and moved to Orange after her first husband died. In the 70's she met and married Al Mendoza. She was a lovely lady who was dedicated to...
Leroy G. Breaux
Jan 21, 2012
Leroy Gilbert Breaux, 90, of Bridge City, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2012 at The Meadows in Orange, TX. He was born August 4, 1921 in Franklin, LA to Sylvia and Gilbert Breaux. He lived in Orange until 1949 when he and his wife Dorothy Fox Breaux moved to Bridge City to raise their family. Leroy retired from the City...
Joseph Joey David Krout III
Jan 20, 2012
Joseph "Joey" David Krout III, 78, of Orange, died Friday, January 20, 2012, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, January 21, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, prior to the funeral service....
George Mullins
Jan 18, 2012
George Belton Mullins, Jr. of Bridge City passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2012, in Beaumont Texas. George was universally known as "Moon", a childhood nickname that remained with him throughout his 87 years. Moon graduated from Pell City High School in Pell City, Alabama, May of 1941, and then joined the Marine Corp and served in WWII. After the war...
Glenn Edward Orr, Jr.
Jan 17, 2012
Glenn Edward Orr, Jr., 84, a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and resident of Orange, Texas, died Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 20, 2012, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Damon Bickham, pastor of First Baptist Church Deweyville, Reverend Lee Walker, pastor of Caddo Valley Baptist Church, and Mr. Jonathan Weldon....
Johnnie Mae Findley
Jan 17, 2012
Johnnie Findley, 88, of Vidor passed away January 17, 2012 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, TX. A celebration of Johnnie's life will be held Friday, January 20, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. There will be a gathering of family and friends at the funeral home...
Marie Scruggs
Jan 17, 2012
Marie Scruggs, age 85, of Willis, Texas and formerly of Orange, Texas passed away on January 17, 2012 at her home in Willis. She was born August 11, 1926 in Merryville, Louisiana to William and Ida Martin Corsey. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, James Scruggs. Marie leaves behind 3 daughters, Sandra Reese and husband...