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Obituaries for

Claybar Funeral Home

In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.

Harold W. Mays, Jr.

Harold W. Mays, Jr.

May 24, 2008

Harold W. Mays, Jr., 65, of Bridge City, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, at his residence. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend David Millner and Reverend Bill Hutson of Calvary Baptist Church in West Orange. Burial will follow at Mose Granger Cemetery in Orangefield. Visitation...

Joyce Marie Manuel Davis

Joyce Marie Manuel Davis

May 23, 2008

Joyce Marie Manuel Davis, 79, of West Orange, died Friday, May 23, 2008, at Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 26, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend James M. Burkhart, pastor of St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church in Houston, will serve as officiant. Burial will follow at Niblett's Bluff Cemetery in...

Barbara June McGill

Barbara June McGill

May 22, 2008

Barbara McGill, 75, of Sugar Land, Texas, died May 22, 2008 at Memorial Herman Hospital in Sugar Land. Funeral services will be Sunday, May 25, at 3:30 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Terry Wright of First Baptist Church in Vidor. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn. Visitation will be Sunday, May 25, 2008,...

Henry L Dillon, Jr

Henry L Dillon, Jr

May 20, 2008

Henry L. Dillon, Jr., age 92, passed away on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at The Clairmont in Beaumont, TX. Henry was born March 18, 1916, in Corsicana, TX, to Henry L. Dillon and Mary Elizabeth McMullen Dillon and the family moved to Beaumont 1922. Henry served as an instrument flight instructor in the Army Air Corp at Davis Monthan Field...

Nadine Bates Caperton

Nadine Bates Caperton

May 19, 2008

Nadine Bates Caperton, 87, passed away on May 19, 2008. She had resided in Vidor for the past seven years and previously in Wyoming, Kerrville, Kingsville and Riviera. She was born November 1, 1920 in Bauxite, AR to Harry and Lula Hebert and later adopted by Doyle and Lola Taul Bates. She was a devoted mother and wife of William...

Opal Dee Comeau

Opal Dee Comeau

May 19, 2008

Opal Dee Comeau, 94, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2008, at the home of her son in Northglenn, Colorado. She was born in Houston, Texas on November 22, 1913, the youngest of five children of Thomas and Bashie Cissell. Opal grew up in the Heights area of Houston, Texas and graduated from John F. Reagan High School there in...

Rita Kelly

Rita Kelly

May 17, 2008

Rita Kelly, 50, of Mauriceville, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2008. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 22, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Gary Wheeler of First United Pentecostal Church of Orange will officiate. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-10:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral...

Robert Lee Prosper

Robert Lee Prosper

May 17, 2008

Robert Lee Prosper, 91, "Mr. High Pockets" of Bridge City, Texas, died May 17, 2008 in Lake Charles, LA at his daughter and son-in-law's residence. Mr. Prosper was born in Loreauville, LA and was raised in Port Arthur, Texas and later in Boliver, Texas where he served as an alter boy. As an older young man he served in the...

Joe Anne Smith

Joe Anne Smith

May 15, 2008

Joe Anne Smith, 74, of Orange, died May 15, 2008 at her home. Funeral Services will be Monday, May 19th, at 10:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Margaret Desmond. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., Sunday the 18th, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Joe Anne was born May 21, 1933 in Orange. She...

Joseph James Gary

Joseph James Gary

May 15, 2008

Joseph James Gary, 83, of Bridge City, Texas died May 15, 2008. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Joe was a native of Port Arthur, Texas and longtime resident of Bridge...

Patsy Ruth Wood

Patsy Ruth Wood

May 15, 2008

Patsy Ruth Wood, 77, of Spring, TX, passed away, Thursday, May 15, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. A private family graveside service will be held at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, May 16, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Patsy was born June 15, 1930, in Pittsburg, TX, to...

Mary Lou Guidry

Mary Lou Guidry

May 14, 2008

Mary Lou Guidry, 61, of Orange died Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral Services will be Sunday, May 18, 2008, at 2:00 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Kevin Trinkle, chaplain of Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital. Interment will be at St. Marys Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from...

James Francis Skeeler

James Francis Skeeler

May 13, 2008

Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, James Francis Skeeler passed away at his home on Tuesday evening, May 13, 2008. He was born on January 19, 1932 in Waco, TX; and was the adopted and only child of William and Lucy Reiss Skeeler. James attended St. Mary's School and graduated from Stark High School in 1949. He attended Stephen F....

Lula Ray Walles Peveto

Lula Ray Walles Peveto

May 13, 2008

Lula Ray Walles Peveto, 98, of Orange died Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at The Meadows. Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 16, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Glenn Landry of the Assembly of God Church in Mauriceville. Burial will follow at Mary Williams Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday...

Bobby E. Cronk

Bobby E. Cronk

May 11, 2008

Bobby E. "Bob" Cronk, 66, of Orange, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2008, at Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital in Houston. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 16, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange, with the Reverend J. B. Prouse, pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home....

Myrtle Laird Richardson

Myrtle Laird Richardson

May 10, 2008

Myrtle Laird Richardson, 93, of Orange, died Saturday, May 10, 2008, in Conroe. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at First Baptist Church in Orange with Reverend Barry Bradley, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in...

Jayla Skye Cogar

Jayla Skye Cogar

May 10, 2008

Jayla Skye Cogar, 4 months old, of Orange, died Saturday, May 10, 2008, in Houston. A Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 16, 2008 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange, with Reverend Gary Wheeler of First United Pentecostal Church in Orange officiating. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Port...

Richard R. Pachuca

Richard R. Pachuca

May 9, 2008

Richard R. Pachuca, Sr., 94, of Orange, passed away Friday, May 9, 2008, at his residence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 12, 2008, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange, with Reverend Joseph P. Daleo serving as celebrant. Burial, with military honors, will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, under the auspices of...

Jack L. Parrish

Jack L. Parrish

May 9, 2008

Jack L. Parrish, 90, of Orange, died Friday, May 9, 2008, at Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in the chapel at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Webb City, Missouri, under the direction of Simpson Funeral Home in Webb City. Officiating will be Reverend Russell Ball, pastor of Forest Park Baptist Church in...

Bill Williford

Bill Williford

May 6, 2008

James W. "Bill" Williford, 80, of Orange, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on March 31, 1928, in Carrollton, Mississippi, the son of William Hamilton Williford and Gladys Johnson Williford Knight. Bill retired from IBM where he was a Field Engineer, was a U.S. Air Force veteran, enjoyed hunting, fishing and...

Harold W. Mays, Jr.

Harold W. Mays, Jr.

May 24, 2008

Harold W. Mays, Jr., 65, of Bridge City, died Saturday, May 24, 2008, at his residence. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend David Millner and Reverend Bill Hutson of Calvary Baptist Church in West Orange. Burial will follow at Mose Granger Cemetery in Orangefield. Visitation...

Joyce Marie Manuel Davis

Joyce Marie Manuel Davis

May 23, 2008

Joyce Marie Manuel Davis, 79, of West Orange, died Friday, May 23, 2008, at Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, May 26, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Reverend James M. Burkhart, pastor of St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church in Houston, will serve as officiant. Burial will follow at Niblett's Bluff Cemetery in...

Barbara June McGill

Barbara June McGill

May 22, 2008

Barbara McGill, 75, of Sugar Land, Texas, died May 22, 2008 at Memorial Herman Hospital in Sugar Land. Funeral services will be Sunday, May 25, at 3:30 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Terry Wright of First Baptist Church in Vidor. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn. Visitation will be Sunday, May 25, 2008,...

Henry L Dillon, Jr

Henry L Dillon, Jr

May 20, 2008

Henry L. Dillon, Jr., age 92, passed away on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at The Clairmont in Beaumont, TX. Henry was born March 18, 1916, in Corsicana, TX, to Henry L. Dillon and Mary Elizabeth McMullen Dillon and the family moved to Beaumont 1922. Henry served as an instrument flight instructor in the Army Air Corp at Davis Monthan Field...

Nadine Bates Caperton

Nadine Bates Caperton

May 19, 2008

Nadine Bates Caperton, 87, passed away on May 19, 2008. She had resided in Vidor for the past seven years and previously in Wyoming, Kerrville, Kingsville and Riviera. She was born November 1, 1920 in Bauxite, AR to Harry and Lula Hebert and later adopted by Doyle and Lola Taul Bates. She was a devoted mother and wife of William...

Opal Dee Comeau

Opal Dee Comeau

May 19, 2008

Opal Dee Comeau, 94, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2008, at the home of her son in Northglenn, Colorado. She was born in Houston, Texas on November 22, 1913, the youngest of five children of Thomas and Bashie Cissell. Opal grew up in the Heights area of Houston, Texas and graduated from John F. Reagan High School there in...

Rita Kelly

Rita Kelly

May 17, 2008

Rita Kelly, 50, of Mauriceville, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2008. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 22, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Gary Wheeler of First United Pentecostal Church of Orange will officiate. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-10:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral...

Robert Lee Prosper

Robert Lee Prosper

May 17, 2008

Robert Lee Prosper, 91, "Mr. High Pockets" of Bridge City, Texas, died May 17, 2008 in Lake Charles, LA at his daughter and son-in-law's residence. Mr. Prosper was born in Loreauville, LA and was raised in Port Arthur, Texas and later in Boliver, Texas where he served as an alter boy. As an older young man he served in the...

Joe Anne Smith

Joe Anne Smith

May 15, 2008

Joe Anne Smith, 74, of Orange, died May 15, 2008 at her home. Funeral Services will be Monday, May 19th, at 10:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Margaret Desmond. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m., Sunday the 18th, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Joe Anne was born May 21, 1933 in Orange. She...

Joseph James Gary

Joseph James Gary

May 15, 2008

Joseph James Gary, 83, of Bridge City, Texas died May 15, 2008. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, at the funeral home. Joe was a native of Port Arthur, Texas and longtime resident of Bridge...

Patsy Ruth Wood

Patsy Ruth Wood

May 15, 2008

Patsy Ruth Wood, 77, of Spring, TX, passed away, Thursday, May 15, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. A private family graveside service will be held at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, May 16, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Patsy was born June 15, 1930, in Pittsburg, TX, to...

Mary Lou Guidry

Mary Lou Guidry

May 14, 2008

Mary Lou Guidry, 61, of Orange died Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral Services will be Sunday, May 18, 2008, at 2:00 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Kevin Trinkle, chaplain of Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital. Interment will be at St. Marys Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from...

James Francis Skeeler

James Francis Skeeler

May 13, 2008

Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, James Francis Skeeler passed away at his home on Tuesday evening, May 13, 2008. He was born on January 19, 1932 in Waco, TX; and was the adopted and only child of William and Lucy Reiss Skeeler. James attended St. Mary's School and graduated from Stark High School in 1949. He attended Stephen F....

Lula Ray Walles Peveto

Lula Ray Walles Peveto

May 13, 2008

Lula Ray Walles Peveto, 98, of Orange died Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at The Meadows. Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 16, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Glenn Landry of the Assembly of God Church in Mauriceville. Burial will follow at Mary Williams Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday...

Bobby E. Cronk

Bobby E. Cronk

May 11, 2008

Bobby E. "Bob" Cronk, 66, of Orange, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2008, at Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital in Houston. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 16, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange, with the Reverend J. B. Prouse, pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home....

Myrtle Laird Richardson

Myrtle Laird Richardson

May 10, 2008

Myrtle Laird Richardson, 93, of Orange, died Saturday, May 10, 2008, in Conroe. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at First Baptist Church in Orange with Reverend Barry Bradley, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in...

Jayla Skye Cogar

Jayla Skye Cogar

May 10, 2008

Jayla Skye Cogar, 4 months old, of Orange, died Saturday, May 10, 2008, in Houston. A Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 16, 2008 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange, with Reverend Gary Wheeler of First United Pentecostal Church in Orange officiating. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Port...

Richard R. Pachuca

Richard R. Pachuca

May 9, 2008

Richard R. Pachuca, Sr., 94, of Orange, passed away Friday, May 9, 2008, at his residence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 12, 2008, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Orange, with Reverend Joseph P. Daleo serving as celebrant. Burial, with military honors, will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, under the auspices of...

Jack L. Parrish

Jack L. Parrish

May 9, 2008

Jack L. Parrish, 90, of Orange, died Friday, May 9, 2008, at Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in the chapel at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Webb City, Missouri, under the direction of Simpson Funeral Home in Webb City. Officiating will be Reverend Russell Ball, pastor of Forest Park Baptist Church in...

Bill Williford

Bill Williford

May 6, 2008

James W. "Bill" Williford, 80, of Orange, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. He was born on March 31, 1928, in Carrollton, Mississippi, the son of William Hamilton Williford and Gladys Johnson Williford Knight. Bill retired from IBM where he was a Field Engineer, was a U.S. Air Force veteran, enjoyed hunting, fishing and...

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