Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Henry Keller Maier
Sep 26, 2008
Funeral services for Dr. Henry Keller Maier, Jr., 92, of Beaumont will be held on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Beaumont with Reverend Frank Fuller and Reverend Byron Crocker officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be Sunday from 5 - 7 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral...
Mary Lou Slocum
Sep 25, 2008
Mary Lou "Gertie" Slocum, 88, died September 25th, 2008, in Bryan, Texas, after evacuating for the hurricanes. She was a resident at the Meadows Nursing Home in Orange. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, at the First United Pentecostal Church in Orange with Brother Gary Wheeler officiating. Visitation will be at the Church on Monday, September...
Robert Frederick Wohler
Sep 25, 2008
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Robert Frederick "Bob" Wohler, Jr., 56, of Beaumont will be held Monday, September 29, 2008 at 10 a.m. at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 5-8:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral with a Vigil Service at 6...
Mary Cook
Sep 25, 2008
Mary Cook, 73, of the Little Cypress Community, died Thursday, September 25, 2008, at her residence. Funeral services will be 4:30 p.m. Saturday, September 27th, at First United Pentecostal Church in Orange , with the Reverend Gary P. Wheeler, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City . Visitation will be 6-9 p.m. Friday at the...
Lola McCarver
Sep 25, 2008
Lola G. McCarver, 83, died September 25, 2008 at the Meadows Nursing Home in Orange. Services will be held Monday, September 29, 2008, at 10 a.m. at the First United Pentecostal Church in Orange with the Reverend Gary P. Wheeler officiating. Visitation will be at the church on Sunday night from 7 until 9 p.m. Interment will be at Orange...
Matthew Tryson Bryant
Sep 24, 2008
Matthew Tryson Bryant, 3 months, passed away September 24, 2008 in Florida. Funeral service was held 8:00 a.m., Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Agape Christian Fellowship in Groves. Officiant was Mr. Jeff Anderson. Burial followed at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Matthew Tryson was born on June 16, 2008 in Clearwater, Florida to Matt and Melissa Gigliotta Bryant. Those...
Frances Sapaurx
Sep 23, 2008
Frances Schellinger Sapaurx, 91, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2008 in Huntsville, Texas surrounded by her husband, grandson and wife. Frances was born July 12, 1917 to Robert and Jenny Schellinger. In 1935 she was married to Patrick J. Sapaurx. They celebrated 73 years of marriage in January of this year. Frances was a homemaker until 2002...
John Herschel Kerr
Sep 22, 2008
John Herschel Kerr, 81, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on September 22, 2008, surrounded by his wife and family. He was born in Beaumont, Texas February 1, 1927 to Steve C. and Jessie Kerr. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 26, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in the...
R. W. Callahan
Sep 19, 2008
R. W. "Bob" Callahan, 80, of Orange passed away Friday morning, September 19, 2008. Bob was born March 3, 1928 to Monie and Jeremiah Callahan. Jeremiah died when Bob was only 3 years old and Monie later married Joe Hudnall, who became a treasured father to Bob. He was preceded in death by his wife of many years, Mary Alice...
Fern Marie Penny
Sep 19, 2008
Fern Marie Penny, 82, passed from this life into eternity with the Lord on Friday, Sept 19, 2008. Born April 13, 1926, in Seymour , TX , she moved to Orange in 1944 where she and her husband raised a family of three children. Prior to her retirement from West Orange/Cove ISD, she worked in the cafeteria at Bancroft Elementary...
Etta Elizabeth Trahan
Sep 18, 2008
Etta Elizabeth Trahan, 92, passed away Thursday, September 18, 2008, in Terrell, TX. Etta was born December 13, 1915, in Eufala, OK, to R. Braxton and Cora Pearl Kimbro Vanderpool. She was a lifelong resident of Orange and homemaker, she enjoyed helping out her friends. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 59 years, Roy Trahan; two...
Sterling B. Bunkley
Sep 18, 2008
Sterling B. Bunkley, age 93, a former longtime resident of Orange, Texas died Thursday, September 18, 2008 in a local nursing home. Services and burial will be held in Orange at a later date. Mr. Bunkley was born December 28, 1914 in Waxahachie to Horatio and Catherine Durmire Bunkley. He was reared and educated in Waxahachie and Breckenridge. He attended...
Louise McAlpin
Sep 18, 2008
Graveside services for Louise McAlpin, 83, of Beaumont will be held on Monday, September 22, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Turners Branch Cemetery in Spurger. Pastor Will Agey of Mid County Baptist Church in Nederland will officiate. Mrs. McAlpin was born November 7, 1924 in Beaumont, TX to Wiley and Norma Leeper and passed away on September 18, 2008...
Frances Beatrice Bower
Sep 18, 2008
Frances Beatrice Bower, 84, of Orange, passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas. A Memorial Service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, September 25, 2008 at Deweyville Pentecostal Church in Deweyville. Officiating will be the Reverend Derrell Orange. Frances was born February 16, 1924 in Starks, Louisiana to James Raymer and Elnora Levine. When Frances...
Glenda Johnnie Schlicher
Sep 17, 2008
Glenda Dale Johnnie Schlicher, 58, of Orangefield went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, September 17, 2008. A Graveside service will be held at a later date at Granger Cemetery in Duncan Woods. Visitation will be 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, September 20, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Glenda was born December...
Bertha Linscomb
Sep 17, 2008
Bertha Linscomb, 94 lifelong resident of Sour Lake passed away September 16, 2008 at Pine Arbor Nursing Home in Silsbee. A graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 20, 2008 at Rosedale Cemetery in Sour Lake. A gathering of friends and family will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Mrs....
Zach Brown
Sep 16, 2008
Graveside services for Zachary Benjamin "Zack" Brown, 81, of Beaumont will be held Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with Reverend Steve Kerr officiating. A gathering of friends and family will be held Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Zack was born December 3, 1926 in Bronson, Texas to...
Paul Warren LeBoeuf
Sep 15, 2008
Paul Warren LeBoeuf, 64, of Vinton, Louisiana, went home to be with our Lord and Savior on Monday, September 15, 2008, in Memphis, TN. Paul was born in Orange, Texas on April 21, 1944, and attended school in the Cove of Orange. He served with the U.S. Army in the early 60's. He had been employed with Bethlehem Steel, Beaumont...
Stephen Clay Edwards
Sep 14, 2008
Stephen Clay Edwards, 80, of Bridge City died Saturday, September 14, 2008, in Wells, TX. Graveside service will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 22, 2008, at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Reverend David Green will officiate. Stephen was born February 17, 1928, in Orange to Stewart Thomas Edwards, Sr. and Kitty DuFrane Edwards. Stephen graduated from the University of Texas, he...
Henry Keller Maier
Sep 26, 2008
Funeral services for Dr. Henry Keller Maier, Jr., 92, of Beaumont will be held on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Beaumont with Reverend Frank Fuller and Reverend Byron Crocker officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be Sunday from 5 - 7 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral...
Mary Lou Slocum
Sep 25, 2008
Mary Lou "Gertie" Slocum, 88, died September 25th, 2008, in Bryan, Texas, after evacuating for the hurricanes. She was a resident at the Meadows Nursing Home in Orange. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, at the First United Pentecostal Church in Orange with Brother Gary Wheeler officiating. Visitation will be at the Church on Monday, September...
Robert Frederick Wohler
Sep 25, 2008
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Robert Frederick "Bob" Wohler, Jr., 56, of Beaumont will be held Monday, September 29, 2008 at 10 a.m. at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the Haven of Rest Cemetery in Beaumont. Visitation will be from 5-8:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral with a Vigil Service at 6...
Mary Cook
Sep 25, 2008
Mary Cook, 73, of the Little Cypress Community, died Thursday, September 25, 2008, at her residence. Funeral services will be 4:30 p.m. Saturday, September 27th, at First United Pentecostal Church in Orange , with the Reverend Gary P. Wheeler, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City . Visitation will be 6-9 p.m. Friday at the...
Lola McCarver
Sep 25, 2008
Lola G. McCarver, 83, died September 25, 2008 at the Meadows Nursing Home in Orange. Services will be held Monday, September 29, 2008, at 10 a.m. at the First United Pentecostal Church in Orange with the Reverend Gary P. Wheeler officiating. Visitation will be at the church on Sunday night from 7 until 9 p.m. Interment will be at Orange...
Matthew Tryson Bryant
Sep 24, 2008
Matthew Tryson Bryant, 3 months, passed away September 24, 2008 in Florida. Funeral service was held 8:00 a.m., Saturday, September 27, 2008 at Agape Christian Fellowship in Groves. Officiant was Mr. Jeff Anderson. Burial followed at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Matthew Tryson was born on June 16, 2008 in Clearwater, Florida to Matt and Melissa Gigliotta Bryant. Those...
Frances Sapaurx
Sep 23, 2008
Frances Schellinger Sapaurx, 91, of Beaumont, Texas passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2008 in Huntsville, Texas surrounded by her husband, grandson and wife. Frances was born July 12, 1917 to Robert and Jenny Schellinger. In 1935 she was married to Patrick J. Sapaurx. They celebrated 73 years of marriage in January of this year. Frances was a homemaker until 2002...
John Herschel Kerr
Sep 22, 2008
John Herschel Kerr, 81, of Beaumont, Texas, passed away on September 22, 2008, surrounded by his wife and family. He was born in Beaumont, Texas February 1, 1927 to Steve C. and Jessie Kerr. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 26, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in the...
R. W. Callahan
Sep 19, 2008
R. W. "Bob" Callahan, 80, of Orange passed away Friday morning, September 19, 2008. Bob was born March 3, 1928 to Monie and Jeremiah Callahan. Jeremiah died when Bob was only 3 years old and Monie later married Joe Hudnall, who became a treasured father to Bob. He was preceded in death by his wife of many years, Mary Alice...
Fern Marie Penny
Sep 19, 2008
Fern Marie Penny, 82, passed from this life into eternity with the Lord on Friday, Sept 19, 2008. Born April 13, 1926, in Seymour , TX , she moved to Orange in 1944 where she and her husband raised a family of three children. Prior to her retirement from West Orange/Cove ISD, she worked in the cafeteria at Bancroft Elementary...
Etta Elizabeth Trahan
Sep 18, 2008
Etta Elizabeth Trahan, 92, passed away Thursday, September 18, 2008, in Terrell, TX. Etta was born December 13, 1915, in Eufala, OK, to R. Braxton and Cora Pearl Kimbro Vanderpool. She was a lifelong resident of Orange and homemaker, she enjoyed helping out her friends. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 59 years, Roy Trahan; two...
Sterling B. Bunkley
Sep 18, 2008
Sterling B. Bunkley, age 93, a former longtime resident of Orange, Texas died Thursday, September 18, 2008 in a local nursing home. Services and burial will be held in Orange at a later date. Mr. Bunkley was born December 28, 1914 in Waxahachie to Horatio and Catherine Durmire Bunkley. He was reared and educated in Waxahachie and Breckenridge. He attended...
Louise McAlpin
Sep 18, 2008
Graveside services for Louise McAlpin, 83, of Beaumont will be held on Monday, September 22, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in the Turners Branch Cemetery in Spurger. Pastor Will Agey of Mid County Baptist Church in Nederland will officiate. Mrs. McAlpin was born November 7, 1924 in Beaumont, TX to Wiley and Norma Leeper and passed away on September 18, 2008...
Frances Beatrice Bower
Sep 18, 2008
Frances Beatrice Bower, 84, of Orange, passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas. A Memorial Service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, September 25, 2008 at Deweyville Pentecostal Church in Deweyville. Officiating will be the Reverend Derrell Orange. Frances was born February 16, 1924 in Starks, Louisiana to James Raymer and Elnora Levine. When Frances...
Glenda Johnnie Schlicher
Sep 17, 2008
Glenda Dale Johnnie Schlicher, 58, of Orangefield went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, September 17, 2008. A Graveside service will be held at a later date at Granger Cemetery in Duncan Woods. Visitation will be 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, September 20, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Glenda was born December...
Bertha Linscomb
Sep 17, 2008
Bertha Linscomb, 94 lifelong resident of Sour Lake passed away September 16, 2008 at Pine Arbor Nursing Home in Silsbee. A graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 20, 2008 at Rosedale Cemetery in Sour Lake. A gathering of friends and family will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home in Beaumont. Mrs....
Zach Brown
Sep 16, 2008
Graveside services for Zachary Benjamin "Zack" Brown, 81, of Beaumont will be held Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with Reverend Steve Kerr officiating. A gathering of friends and family will be held Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home. Zack was born December 3, 1926 in Bronson, Texas to...
Paul Warren LeBoeuf
Sep 15, 2008
Paul Warren LeBoeuf, 64, of Vinton, Louisiana, went home to be with our Lord and Savior on Monday, September 15, 2008, in Memphis, TN. Paul was born in Orange, Texas on April 21, 1944, and attended school in the Cove of Orange. He served with the U.S. Army in the early 60's. He had been employed with Bethlehem Steel, Beaumont...
Stephen Clay Edwards
Sep 14, 2008
Stephen Clay Edwards, 80, of Bridge City died Saturday, September 14, 2008, in Wells, TX. Graveside service will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 22, 2008, at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Reverend David Green will officiate. Stephen was born February 17, 1928, in Orange to Stewart Thomas Edwards, Sr. and Kitty DuFrane Edwards. Stephen graduated from the University of Texas, he...