Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Harry Clyde Warnock, Jr.
Jan 10, 2009
Funeral services for Harry Clyde Warnock, Jr., 84, of Beaumont will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday January 13, 2009, at the Claybar Kelley-Watkins funeral home chapel with Reverend Ken Aufill officiating. Visitation will be on Monday, January 12, 2009 from 4-6:00 p.m. at the funeral. Mr. Warnock was born on November 25, 1924 to Harry C. and Veva...
Lynn Harper
Jan 9, 2009
Lynn Harper, 71, of Mauriceville, passed away on Friday, January 9, 2009, at his home surrounded by his family. Lynn had resided in Mauriceville for the past 38 years and was formerly a resident of Cameron, Texas. He was born on June 19, 1937, in Maysfield, TX to Cordell and Myrtle Harper. While his father was in the service during...
Dr. Earnest C. Pretz
Jan 8, 2009
Dr. Earnest C. Pretz, 93, of Orange, died January 8, 2009. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Graveside service will be held at Houston National Cemetery on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Pretz was born on March 29, 1915 in Rowden, TX. He was the son of...
Tommy Glenn Bray
Jan 7, 2009
Tommy Glenn Bray, 76, of Deweyville, died on January 7, 2009. Funeral services will be Saturday, January 10, 2009, at 10 a.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend David Millner of Calvary Baptist Church in West Orange and Reverend Harold Nazworth will officiate. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be on Friday,...
Lucy A. Harrison
Jan 6, 2009
Lucy A. Harrison, 53, of Orange died Tuesday, January 6, 2009, at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 9, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church and Reverend Scott McIntosh of North Orange Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will be at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery...
Isabell Bourliea
Jan 6, 2009
Isabell Bourliea, 93, of Orange died Tuesday, January 6, 2009. A Mass of Christian Burial wil be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 9, 2009, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Reverend Tom Phelan will officiate. Interment will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday with a Rosary at...
Era Wesson Breaux
Jan 5, 2009
Era Wesson Breaux, 87, of Orange, died Monday, December 5, 2009, at Harbour Hospital of Southeast Texas in Orange. Graveside service and entombment will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 9, 2009, at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday at Claybar Funeral Home Funeral Home in Orange. Era was born January...
Lewis C. Gunstream
Jan 5, 2009
Lewis C. Gunstream, Jr., 79, of Orange, TX, passed away Monday, January 5, 2009 at the Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont, TX. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 8, 2009 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Rev. Barry Bradley, pastor of First Baptist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Cemetery....
Glenn Dale Dupuis
Jan 3, 2009
Glenn Dale Dupuis, 54, of Vidor passed away January 3, 2009 at Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont. He was born January 31, 1954 in Eunice LA to Elwood and Laura Babineaux Dupuis. Glenn was a supervisor at E. R. Dupuis Concrete Company. Funeral Services will be at 3:00 p.m. Monday, January 5, 2009 at Praise Christian Center in Beaumont with Pastor...
James D. Venable
Jan 3, 2009
James D. "Jamie" Venable, of Orange, Texas, died, January 3, 2009 in Orange. Funeral service will be held 3:00 p.m., Monday, January 5, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Interment will be held at Gilbert Community Cemetery in Gilbert, AR. Visitation will be held prior to the service at 2:00 p.m., at the funeral home. Jamie was born...
Ertha Lea Brister
Jan 1, 2009
Ertha Lea Brister, 81, of Orange died Thursday, January 1, 2009, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, January 3, 2009, at Marlow Baptist Church in Marlow, LA. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Ertha was born February 17, 1927, in Marlow, LA...
Johnnie Margaret Hill
Dec 31, 2008
Johnnie Margaret Rye Hill, 82, of Orange died Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at the 5th St. location of Claybar Funeral Home. Reverend David Berkheimer of Community Church in Orange officiating. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will begin at...
Rosa LeBlanc
Dec 30, 2008
Rosa LeBlanc, 89, of Vidor, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 3, 2009, at the 5th Street location of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Hall of Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor. Burial will follow at Del Rose Cemetery in Vidor....
Andrew Guidry
Dec 28, 2008
Andrew Guidry, 76, of Orange passed away Sunday, December 28, 2008. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M., at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange with Reverend Joseph P. Daleo officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. A gathering of family and friends will be Tuesday, December...
Edith Burleigh Metrejean
Dec 28, 2008
Edith Burleigh Metrejean, 94, died on December 28, 2008. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 2, 2009, at St. Henry's Catholic Church in Bridge City. Reverend Steven Leger will be the celebrant. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City on Thursday, January 1, 2009,...
Florence Bostick
Dec 28, 2008
Memorial services for Florence Bostick, 95, of Beaumont, TX, will be on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Nederland Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Mrs. Bostick was born October 20, 1913 in Call, TX to William and Fannie Landrum and passed away on December 28, 2008, in Winnie, TX. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall...
John Wilson Summers
Dec 27, 2008
John Wilson Summers, 49, of Orange, died December 27, 2008, at Baptist Hospital in Orange. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Gerald Ratcliff. John was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 31, 1959, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Joyce Laverne Floyd Summers....
Ray E. Bobby Parker
Dec 26, 2008
Ray E. "Bobby" Parker, 89, died Monday, December 22, 2008 in Houston. A funeral service will be Monday, December 29, 2008 at 2:00 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bailey Harris of Old First Orange Baptist Church. A private family only interment will follow at Dorman Cemetery. A visitation will be Sunday from 5:00-8:00 p.m....
Emma Joyce Pevey
Dec 24, 2008
Emma Joyce Pevey, 81, passed peacefully on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at St. Elizabeth, Beaumont. A funeral service will be held Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 6:00 pm, at Claybar Funeral Home with Reverend Danny Gilliam of McDonald Memorial Baptist Church officiating. A graveside service will be held Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 3:00 pm, at Zavalla Cemetery in Zavalla,...
Jesse Rourke Miller
Dec 23, 2008
Jesse Rourke Miller, a long time resident of Orange, TX, passed away peacefully December 23, 2008. Born October 2, 1914 in Teddy, LA and raised in Norwood, LA where he was known as "Fritz", he resided in Orange from 1946 until 2004 at which time he and his wife relocated to the Atlanta area to be near his children. He...
Harry Clyde Warnock, Jr.
Jan 10, 2009
Funeral services for Harry Clyde Warnock, Jr., 84, of Beaumont will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday January 13, 2009, at the Claybar Kelley-Watkins funeral home chapel with Reverend Ken Aufill officiating. Visitation will be on Monday, January 12, 2009 from 4-6:00 p.m. at the funeral. Mr. Warnock was born on November 25, 1924 to Harry C. and Veva...
Lynn Harper
Jan 9, 2009
Lynn Harper, 71, of Mauriceville, passed away on Friday, January 9, 2009, at his home surrounded by his family. Lynn had resided in Mauriceville for the past 38 years and was formerly a resident of Cameron, Texas. He was born on June 19, 1937, in Maysfield, TX to Cordell and Myrtle Harper. While his father was in the service during...
Dr. Earnest C. Pretz
Jan 8, 2009
Dr. Earnest C. Pretz, 93, of Orange, died January 8, 2009. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Graveside service will be held at Houston National Cemetery on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Pretz was born on March 29, 1915 in Rowden, TX. He was the son of...
Tommy Glenn Bray
Jan 7, 2009
Tommy Glenn Bray, 76, of Deweyville, died on January 7, 2009. Funeral services will be Saturday, January 10, 2009, at 10 a.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend David Millner of Calvary Baptist Church in West Orange and Reverend Harold Nazworth will officiate. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be on Friday,...
Lucy A. Harrison
Jan 6, 2009
Lucy A. Harrison, 53, of Orange died Tuesday, January 6, 2009, at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 9, 2009, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend David Turner of Little Cypress Baptist Church and Reverend Scott McIntosh of North Orange Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will be at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery...
Isabell Bourliea
Jan 6, 2009
Isabell Bourliea, 93, of Orange died Tuesday, January 6, 2009. A Mass of Christian Burial wil be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 9, 2009, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Reverend Tom Phelan will officiate. Interment will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday with a Rosary at...
Era Wesson Breaux
Jan 5, 2009
Era Wesson Breaux, 87, of Orange, died Monday, December 5, 2009, at Harbour Hospital of Southeast Texas in Orange. Graveside service and entombment will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 9, 2009, at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday at Claybar Funeral Home Funeral Home in Orange. Era was born January...
Lewis C. Gunstream
Jan 5, 2009
Lewis C. Gunstream, Jr., 79, of Orange, TX, passed away Monday, January 5, 2009 at the Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont, TX. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 8, 2009 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Rev. Barry Bradley, pastor of First Baptist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Cemetery....
Glenn Dale Dupuis
Jan 3, 2009
Glenn Dale Dupuis, 54, of Vidor passed away January 3, 2009 at Dubuis Hospital in Beaumont. He was born January 31, 1954 in Eunice LA to Elwood and Laura Babineaux Dupuis. Glenn was a supervisor at E. R. Dupuis Concrete Company. Funeral Services will be at 3:00 p.m. Monday, January 5, 2009 at Praise Christian Center in Beaumont with Pastor...
James D. Venable
Jan 3, 2009
James D. "Jamie" Venable, of Orange, Texas, died, January 3, 2009 in Orange. Funeral service will be held 3:00 p.m., Monday, January 5, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Interment will be held at Gilbert Community Cemetery in Gilbert, AR. Visitation will be held prior to the service at 2:00 p.m., at the funeral home. Jamie was born...
Ertha Lea Brister
Jan 1, 2009
Ertha Lea Brister, 81, of Orange died Thursday, January 1, 2009, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, January 3, 2009, at Marlow Baptist Church in Marlow, LA. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Ertha was born February 17, 1927, in Marlow, LA...
Johnnie Margaret Hill
Dec 31, 2008
Johnnie Margaret Rye Hill, 82, of Orange died Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at the 5th St. location of Claybar Funeral Home. Reverend David Berkheimer of Community Church in Orange officiating. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will begin at...
Rosa LeBlanc
Dec 30, 2008
Rosa LeBlanc, 89, of Vidor, died Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at Oakwood Manor Nursing Home in Vidor. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 3, 2009, at the 5th Street location of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend David Hall of Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor. Burial will follow at Del Rose Cemetery in Vidor....
Andrew Guidry
Dec 28, 2008
Andrew Guidry, 76, of Orange passed away Sunday, December 28, 2008. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 10:00 A.M., at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange with Reverend Joseph P. Daleo officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. A gathering of family and friends will be Tuesday, December...
Edith Burleigh Metrejean
Dec 28, 2008
Edith Burleigh Metrejean, 94, died on December 28, 2008. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 2, 2009, at St. Henry's Catholic Church in Bridge City. Reverend Steven Leger will be the celebrant. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City on Thursday, January 1, 2009,...
Florence Bostick
Dec 28, 2008
Memorial services for Florence Bostick, 95, of Beaumont, TX, will be on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Nederland Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Mrs. Bostick was born October 20, 1913 in Call, TX to William and Fannie Landrum and passed away on December 28, 2008, in Winnie, TX. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall...
John Wilson Summers
Dec 27, 2008
John Wilson Summers, 49, of Orange, died December 27, 2008, at Baptist Hospital in Orange. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Gerald Ratcliff. John was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 31, 1959, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Joyce Laverne Floyd Summers....
Ray E. Bobby Parker
Dec 26, 2008
Ray E. "Bobby" Parker, 89, died Monday, December 22, 2008 in Houston. A funeral service will be Monday, December 29, 2008 at 2:00 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Bailey Harris of Old First Orange Baptist Church. A private family only interment will follow at Dorman Cemetery. A visitation will be Sunday from 5:00-8:00 p.m....
Emma Joyce Pevey
Dec 24, 2008
Emma Joyce Pevey, 81, passed peacefully on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at St. Elizabeth, Beaumont. A funeral service will be held Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 6:00 pm, at Claybar Funeral Home with Reverend Danny Gilliam of McDonald Memorial Baptist Church officiating. A graveside service will be held Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 3:00 pm, at Zavalla Cemetery in Zavalla,...
Jesse Rourke Miller
Dec 23, 2008
Jesse Rourke Miller, a long time resident of Orange, TX, passed away peacefully December 23, 2008. Born October 2, 1914 in Teddy, LA and raised in Norwood, LA where he was known as "Fritz", he resided in Orange from 1946 until 2004 at which time he and his wife relocated to the Atlanta area to be near his children. He...