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Brittney Lynn Welch

Brittney Lynn Welch

Sep 13, 2008

Brittney Lynn Welch, 23, of Moss Bluff, Louisiana, died Saturday, September 13, 2008, at Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 19, 2008, at Calvary Baptist Church in Deweyville, with Reverend John Fortenberry officiating. Burial will follow at King Cemetery in Hartburg, under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation...

Lilia Gomez Villalobos

Lilia Gomez Villalobos

Sep 11, 2008

Lilia Vasquez Gomez Villalobos, 69, of Beaumont passed away September 11, 2008 in Beaumont. A graveside service will be today, Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Beaumont. Mrs. Villalobos was born April 21, 1939 in Seguin, Texas to Carmen Gomez. She was a homemaker and a member of Cristo Rey Catholic...

Doris Ann Vail

Doris Ann Vail

Sep 11, 2008

Doris Ann Vail, 85, of Bridge City, died September 11, 2008, in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 26, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, with burial following at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. Friday. Preceded in death by her daughter, Patricia Ann Goldsmith, Mrs. Vail is survived by her...

Eric Seal

Eric Seal

Sep 9, 2008

Eric Seal, 46, of Bridge City, died Monday, September 8, 2008, in Port Neches. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Paul Zoch, pastor of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Bridge City. Visitation was held Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City....

Donna Sawyer Worthen

Donna Sawyer Worthen

Sep 8, 2008

Donna Sawyer Worthen, 76, of Orange died Monday, September 8, 2008, at Southeast Texas Medical Center. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 11, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend David Milner of Calvary Baptist Church in Orange will officiate. Entombment will follow at the Orange Forest Lawn Mausoleum. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesday at...

Frankie May Alexander Fenner

Frankie May Alexander Fenner

Sep 7, 2008

Frankie May Alexander Fenner, 86, of Orange, died Sunday, September 7, 2008, at Gulf Health Center in Port Arthur. A memorial service will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at Bridge City United Pentecostal Church, with the Reverend J.W. Harrell, pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Cremation arrangements are under the...

Grace Rose Brown

Grace Rose Brown

Sep 6, 2008

Grace Farnie Brown was called to heaven on September 6, 2008. She was born November 24, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas to Peter Farnie and Beatrice Chiuminetta Farnie. She is survived by her son, Johnny Smith of Vidor; her daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Mike Hebert of LaPorte; grandchildren, Chad and Ashley Smith of Baytown, Amber and Kirk Blanchard of Fannett,...

Ursula M. VanBenthuysen

Ursula M. VanBenthuysen

Sep 6, 2008

Ursula M. VanBenthuysen, 95, of Orange, died Saturday, September 6, 2008 at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Ed Rawls. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Port Arthur. Visitation will be from 5:30-8:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home....

Isabelle Belle McLemore

Isabelle Belle McLemore

Sep 5, 2008

Belle Isabelle McLemore went home to be with her Lord September 5, 2008, at Harbor Hospice after an extended illness. She was born July 29, 1925 in Jasper, Texas but lived in Beaumont most of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh R. McLemore, her parents, brothers and sisters. Belle was a long time volunteer in...

Jimmie L. Gregory

Jimmie L. Gregory

Sep 3, 2008

Funeral services for Jimmie L. Gregory, 90 of Beaumont will be held Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Lee Wagliardo officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday, September 5, 2008 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be held in Franks Branch Cemetery in Fred, TX at 3:30 p.m....

Faye Potts Broughton Parrish

Faye Potts Broughton Parrish

Sep 3, 2008

Faye Potts Broughton Parrish, 97, a longtime resident of Beaumont passed away September 3, 2008 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 6, 2008 at Union Springs Cemetery in Corrigan. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 5, 2008 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home....

Don L. Laurentz

Don L. Laurentz

Sep 2, 2008

Don L. Laurentz, 88, of Kountze, TX, died September 2, 2008. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with burial on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the Houston National Cemetery. He was a WW II Veteran of the U.S. Marines. He leaves behind his wife, Mamie Laurentz; stepdaughter, Donia Brown and husband George;...

Reverend Pilar Almazan, Sr.

Reverend Pilar Almazan, Sr.

Aug 31, 2008

Reverend Pilar Almazan, Sr., 80, of Orange died Sunday, August 31, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 5, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Michael Granger of Cornerstone Church in Mauriceville will officiate. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin at 6:00...

Elridge Leo Beard

Elridge Leo Beard

Aug 31, 2008

Elridge Leo Beard, 78, of Bridge City, died Sunday, August 31, 2008, at his residence. Memorial service will be 6:30 p.m., Monday, September 8, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Reverend Steven Leger of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City will officiate. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, prior to the service at the...

Fred Joseph Fusilier

Fred Joseph Fusilier

Aug 30, 2008

Fred Joseph Fusilier, 83, of Orangefield, died Saturday, August 30, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 5, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m., with a Rosary at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, September 4,...

Thelma Vercher

Thelma Vercher

Aug 30, 2008

Thelma O. Nation Vercher, 80, of Orange, died Saturday, August 30, 2008, at her residence. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 6, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Larry Doucet of Miracle Restoration Revivals in Orange will officiate. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be 4:00-9:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral...

Opal Lawson

Opal Lawson

Aug 29, 2008

Opal Lawson, age 96, passed away Friday, August 29, 2008, in Providence Hospital in Waco, Texas while visiting her daughter, Patricia Bailey. Visitation with the family will be held at North Orange Baptist Church, Friday, September, 5, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. followed by a Memorial Service at 3:00 p.m. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft and Dr. Raymond Bailey. Opal...

Loretta Anne Bilbo Griffin

Loretta Anne Bilbo Griffin

Aug 27, 2008

Loretta Anne Bilbo Griffin, 70, of Orange died Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at her residence after a lengthy battle with cancer. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 29, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Danny Gilliam of McDonald Memorial Baptist Church in West Orange. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery...

Karla Phelps Hogan

Karla Phelps Hogan

Aug 26, 2008

Karla Phelps Hogan, 54, of Orange, died Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Memorial service will be 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 29, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange, with a visitation beginning at 5:00 p.m. Karla was born August 24, 1954, in Hartford, CT, to Kenneth and Jacque DeLane Bryant Phelps She was...

Thomas F. Hryhorchuk

Thomas F. Hryhorchuk

Aug 25, 2008

Thomas F. Hryhorchuk, 79, of Deweyville, died Monday, August 25, 2008, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 3:00 p.m. Friday, August 29, 2008, at St. Mary Catholic Church, with Reverend Joseph P. Daleo serving as celebrant. Interment will follow at Deweyville Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. Thursday, with a...

Brittney Lynn Welch

Brittney Lynn Welch

Sep 13, 2008

Brittney Lynn Welch, 23, of Moss Bluff, Louisiana, died Saturday, September 13, 2008, at Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 19, 2008, at Calvary Baptist Church in Deweyville, with Reverend John Fortenberry officiating. Burial will follow at King Cemetery in Hartburg, under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation...

Lilia Gomez Villalobos

Lilia Gomez Villalobos

Sep 11, 2008

Lilia Vasquez Gomez Villalobos, 69, of Beaumont passed away September 11, 2008 in Beaumont. A graveside service will be today, Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Beaumont. Mrs. Villalobos was born April 21, 1939 in Seguin, Texas to Carmen Gomez. She was a homemaker and a member of Cristo Rey Catholic...

Doris Ann Vail

Doris Ann Vail

Sep 11, 2008

Doris Ann Vail, 85, of Bridge City, died September 11, 2008, in Port Arthur. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 26, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, with burial following at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. Friday. Preceded in death by her daughter, Patricia Ann Goldsmith, Mrs. Vail is survived by her...

Eric Seal

Eric Seal

Sep 9, 2008

Eric Seal, 46, of Bridge City, died Monday, September 8, 2008, in Port Neches. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Paul Zoch, pastor of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Bridge City. Visitation was held Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City....

Donna Sawyer Worthen

Donna Sawyer Worthen

Sep 8, 2008

Donna Sawyer Worthen, 76, of Orange died Monday, September 8, 2008, at Southeast Texas Medical Center. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 11, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend David Milner of Calvary Baptist Church in Orange will officiate. Entombment will follow at the Orange Forest Lawn Mausoleum. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesday at...

Frankie May Alexander Fenner

Frankie May Alexander Fenner

Sep 7, 2008

Frankie May Alexander Fenner, 86, of Orange, died Sunday, September 7, 2008, at Gulf Health Center in Port Arthur. A memorial service will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at Bridge City United Pentecostal Church, with the Reverend J.W. Harrell, pastor, officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Cremation arrangements are under the...

Grace Rose Brown

Grace Rose Brown

Sep 6, 2008

Grace Farnie Brown was called to heaven on September 6, 2008. She was born November 24, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas to Peter Farnie and Beatrice Chiuminetta Farnie. She is survived by her son, Johnny Smith of Vidor; her daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Mike Hebert of LaPorte; grandchildren, Chad and Ashley Smith of Baytown, Amber and Kirk Blanchard of Fannett,...

Ursula M. VanBenthuysen

Ursula M. VanBenthuysen

Sep 6, 2008

Ursula M. VanBenthuysen, 95, of Orange, died Saturday, September 6, 2008 at The Meadows in Orange. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Ed Rawls. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Port Arthur. Visitation will be from 5:30-8:00 p.m., Monday, at Claybar Funeral Home....

Isabelle Belle McLemore

Isabelle Belle McLemore

Sep 5, 2008

Belle Isabelle McLemore went home to be with her Lord September 5, 2008, at Harbor Hospice after an extended illness. She was born July 29, 1925 in Jasper, Texas but lived in Beaumont most of her life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hugh R. McLemore, her parents, brothers and sisters. Belle was a long time volunteer in...

Jimmie L. Gregory

Jimmie L. Gregory

Sep 3, 2008

Funeral services for Jimmie L. Gregory, 90 of Beaumont will be held Saturday, September 6, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Chapel with Lee Wagliardo officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday, September 5, 2008 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be held in Franks Branch Cemetery in Fred, TX at 3:30 p.m....

Faye Potts Broughton Parrish

Faye Potts Broughton Parrish

Sep 3, 2008

Faye Potts Broughton Parrish, 97, a longtime resident of Beaumont passed away September 3, 2008 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 6, 2008 at Union Springs Cemetery in Corrigan. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 5, 2008 at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home....

Don L. Laurentz

Don L. Laurentz

Sep 2, 2008

Don L. Laurentz, 88, of Kountze, TX, died September 2, 2008. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home with burial on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the Houston National Cemetery. He was a WW II Veteran of the U.S. Marines. He leaves behind his wife, Mamie Laurentz; stepdaughter, Donia Brown and husband George;...

Reverend Pilar Almazan, Sr.

Reverend Pilar Almazan, Sr.

Aug 31, 2008

Reverend Pilar Almazan, Sr., 80, of Orange died Sunday, August 31, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 5, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Michael Granger of Cornerstone Church in Mauriceville will officiate. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin at 6:00...

Elridge Leo Beard

Elridge Leo Beard

Aug 31, 2008

Elridge Leo Beard, 78, of Bridge City, died Sunday, August 31, 2008, at his residence. Memorial service will be 6:30 p.m., Monday, September 8, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Reverend Steven Leger of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City will officiate. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, prior to the service at the...

Fred Joseph Fusilier

Fred Joseph Fusilier

Aug 30, 2008

Fred Joseph Fusilier, 83, of Orangefield, died Saturday, August 30, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 5, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m., with a Rosary at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, September 4,...

Thelma Vercher

Thelma Vercher

Aug 30, 2008

Thelma O. Nation Vercher, 80, of Orange, died Saturday, August 30, 2008, at her residence. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 6, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Larry Doucet of Miracle Restoration Revivals in Orange will officiate. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be 4:00-9:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral...

Opal Lawson

Opal Lawson

Aug 29, 2008

Opal Lawson, age 96, passed away Friday, August 29, 2008, in Providence Hospital in Waco, Texas while visiting her daughter, Patricia Bailey. Visitation with the family will be held at North Orange Baptist Church, Friday, September, 5, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. followed by a Memorial Service at 3:00 p.m. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft and Dr. Raymond Bailey. Opal...

Loretta Anne Bilbo Griffin

Loretta Anne Bilbo Griffin

Aug 27, 2008

Loretta Anne Bilbo Griffin, 70, of Orange died Wednesday, August 27, 2008, at her residence after a lengthy battle with cancer. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 29, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Danny Gilliam of McDonald Memorial Baptist Church in West Orange. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery...

Karla Phelps Hogan

Karla Phelps Hogan

Aug 26, 2008

Karla Phelps Hogan, 54, of Orange, died Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Memorial service will be 7:00 p.m. Friday, August 29, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange, with a visitation beginning at 5:00 p.m. Karla was born August 24, 1954, in Hartford, CT, to Kenneth and Jacque DeLane Bryant Phelps She was...

Thomas F. Hryhorchuk

Thomas F. Hryhorchuk

Aug 25, 2008

Thomas F. Hryhorchuk, 79, of Deweyville, died Monday, August 25, 2008, at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 3:00 p.m. Friday, August 29, 2008, at St. Mary Catholic Church, with Reverend Joseph P. Daleo serving as celebrant. Interment will follow at Deweyville Cemetery. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. Thursday, with a...

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