Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Tommy Howell
Aug 6, 2008
Tommy Howell, 47, of Orange, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2008 in Port Arthur. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 9, 2008 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be the Reverend Dale H. Vance of First Baptist Church Bridge City. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Visitation will...
Arthur Lee Garza
Aug 6, 2008
Funeral services for Arthur Lee Garza, 69, of Lumberton, TX will be Saturday, August 9, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel. John Davis of Ridgewood Church of Christ will officiate. Serving as pallbearers will be Christopher Garza, Jacob Garza, Cory Garza, Isidro Carrillo, Derald Werner and John Goodman. Honorary pallbearers will be Dominick Carlin, Tito...
Willingham Wren
Aug 5, 2008
Wren Willingham Wren Willingham, 83, of Orange, died August 5, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Graveside service will be held, 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 9 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin at noon on Saturday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.
Greta Ruth Trahan Pope
Aug 5, 2008
Greta Ruth Trahan Pope, 45, of Bridge City, died, Tuesday August 5, 2008 in Galveston. Memorial Service will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 16, 2008, at Assembly of God, Life Center in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Robby Holland. Greta was born November 25, 1962, in Port Arthur to L. J. and Patsy Price Trahan. She was preceded...
Earline Bradley
Aug 4, 2008
Earline Bradley, 75, of Orange passed away Monday, August 4, 2008 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, August 9, 2008 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Jeff Bell of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin at...
Harold Joseph Dalfrey, Sr.
Aug 3, 2008
Harold Joseph Dalfrey, Sr., 73, of Orange, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 2, 2008, from his home with his family by his side. He died peacefully after fighting a courageous battle with lung cancer. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Orange, with Reverend Joseph...
David N. Morgret
Aug 3, 2008
Reverend David N. Morgret, 63, of Mauriceville, died Sunday, August 3, 2008, at Harbor Hospital in Orange. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Mauriceville. Officiating will be Reverend Chris Harrison, pastor of Bay City United Methodist Church and Dr. Richard Burnham, District Superintendent of the Southeast District of the United Methodist Church. Interment,...
Margaret Conley-Worthy
Aug 3, 2008
Margaret Conley-Worthy, 90, of Georgetown, Texas, a former longtime resident of West Orange, Texas, passed away August 3, 2008, at Wesleyan Nursing Home in Georgetown. The funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 7, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Billy Hutson, Pastor Emeritus of Calvary Baptist Church in West Orange. Burial will follow...
Eleanor Graves Blackburn
Aug 2, 2008
Eleanor Graves Blackburn, 86, of Beaumont passed away on August 2, 2008, after a spirited fight against multiple physical problems. She was born September 19, 1921 in McNary, Louisiana and was raised in Glenmora, Louisiana. She and her now-deceased husband, James Bernard Blackburn, lived in Harlingen, Texas from 1950 to 1969 and in Lafayette, Louisiana from 1969 to 2006. She...
Hattie Parker-Porter
Aug 1, 2008
Hattie Parker-Porter, 91, of Orange, passed away August 1, 2008, at Golden Years Assisted Living. Visitation will be at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange on Saturday, August 2, 2008, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. The funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 3, 2008, at First Presbyterian Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Margaret Desmond. Burial will follow at Orange...
Effie Trahan
Jul 30, 2008
Effie Trahan, 84, of Orange, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 2, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be the Reverend Joseph P. Daleo of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin...
Doris Herrington
Jul 29, 2008
Doris Herrington Doris Herrington, 81, of Orange, died Tuesday, July 29, 2008, in Houston. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 2, 2008, at North Orange Baptist Church, with Reverend Scott McIntosh, pastor, and Reverend Larry Lormand, associate pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Niblett's Bluff Cemetery in Vinton, Louisiana, with her great nephews serving as pallbearers and honorary...
Patricia Hardey
Jul 28, 2008
Patricia Beatrice Hardey, 81, of Orange, Texas, died July 28, 2008 at her home. Funeral services will be, 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 31, 2008 at Winfree Baptist Church. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Royal. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m., Wednesday, at Winfree Baptist Church. Pat was born on March 28,...
Jnella Abbiline Smith Collier
Jul 28, 2008
Jnella Abbiline Smith Collier, a lifelong resident of Beaumont, died Monday morning. She was 90. Born into the Smith family who made the boilers for the oil fields of Spindletop, Nell was a lifelong member of Westminster Presbyterian Church and attended Beaumont High School and Lamar Tech. A homemaker, paralegal, and retail saleswoman, Nell was retired and had a lifelong...
Garland Ray Linder
Jul 27, 2008
Garland Ray "Sam" Linder, 90, of Bridge City passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Charles "Butch" Thurman, Mr. Linder's nephew, will officiate. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral...
Larry Garcia
Jul 27, 2008
Larry Garcia, 46, of Beaumont, passed away on July 27, 2008. He was born June 13, 1962 in Beeville, Texas. Mr. Garcia is survived by his father, Pete Garcia, Sr. and mother, Lydia Perez; sister, Lydia Garcia of Beaumont, brother, Pete Garcia, Jr. and wife Joanne of Wichita, KS, sister, Theresa Adams and husband John, of Flint, TX, brother Eddie...
Larry Lucher
Jul 27, 2008
Lawrence Paul Lucher, Jr., 74, of Orange, died July 27, 2008, at Pinehurst Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Larry was born April 20, 1934, in New Waverly, Texas, the son of Lawrence Paul Lucher, Sr. and Beatrice Wright Lucher. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, worked as a Heavy Equipment Operator for Devers Construction and was a former member...
Robert Gene Brown
Jul 26, 2008
Robert Gene Brown, 88, died July 26, 2008 in Houston. A graveside service will be held at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 3:00-4:00 p.m., Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Robert was born on June 9, 1920, in Webb City, Missouri. He had served in World War II and married...
Dr. Arthur Theodore Morgan
Jul 25, 2008
Dr. Arthur Theodore Morgan, 77, of Orange, died Friday, July 25, 2008 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at Eastgate United Pentecostal Church Vidor, TX. Officiating will be Reverend Bobby Edwards, Reverend Fred Foster, and Reverend Niles White. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Monday at Eastgate United Pentecostal Church of...
Tommy Howell
Aug 6, 2008
Tommy Howell, 47, of Orange, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2008 in Port Arthur. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 9, 2008 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Officiating will be the Reverend Dale H. Vance of First Baptist Church Bridge City. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City. Visitation will...
Arthur Lee Garza
Aug 6, 2008
Funeral services for Arthur Lee Garza, 69, of Lumberton, TX will be Saturday, August 9, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel. John Davis of Ridgewood Church of Christ will officiate. Serving as pallbearers will be Christopher Garza, Jacob Garza, Cory Garza, Isidro Carrillo, Derald Werner and John Goodman. Honorary pallbearers will be Dominick Carlin, Tito...
Willingham Wren
Aug 5, 2008
Wren Willingham Wren Willingham, 83, of Orange, died August 5, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Graveside service will be held, 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 9 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin at noon on Saturday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.
Greta Ruth Trahan Pope
Aug 5, 2008
Greta Ruth Trahan Pope, 45, of Bridge City, died, Tuesday August 5, 2008 in Galveston. Memorial Service will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 16, 2008, at Assembly of God, Life Center in Bridge City. Officiating will be Reverend Robby Holland. Greta was born November 25, 1962, in Port Arthur to L. J. and Patsy Price Trahan. She was preceded...
Earline Bradley
Aug 4, 2008
Earline Bradley, 75, of Orange passed away Monday, August 4, 2008 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, August 9, 2008 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Reverend Jeff Bell of Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin at...
Harold Joseph Dalfrey, Sr.
Aug 3, 2008
Harold Joseph Dalfrey, Sr., 73, of Orange, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 2, 2008, from his home with his family by his side. He died peacefully after fighting a courageous battle with lung cancer. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Orange, with Reverend Joseph...
David N. Morgret
Aug 3, 2008
Reverend David N. Morgret, 63, of Mauriceville, died Sunday, August 3, 2008, at Harbor Hospital in Orange. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church in Mauriceville. Officiating will be Reverend Chris Harrison, pastor of Bay City United Methodist Church and Dr. Richard Burnham, District Superintendent of the Southeast District of the United Methodist Church. Interment,...
Margaret Conley-Worthy
Aug 3, 2008
Margaret Conley-Worthy, 90, of Georgetown, Texas, a former longtime resident of West Orange, Texas, passed away August 3, 2008, at Wesleyan Nursing Home in Georgetown. The funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 7, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Billy Hutson, Pastor Emeritus of Calvary Baptist Church in West Orange. Burial will follow...
Eleanor Graves Blackburn
Aug 2, 2008
Eleanor Graves Blackburn, 86, of Beaumont passed away on August 2, 2008, after a spirited fight against multiple physical problems. She was born September 19, 1921 in McNary, Louisiana and was raised in Glenmora, Louisiana. She and her now-deceased husband, James Bernard Blackburn, lived in Harlingen, Texas from 1950 to 1969 and in Lafayette, Louisiana from 1969 to 2006. She...
Hattie Parker-Porter
Aug 1, 2008
Hattie Parker-Porter, 91, of Orange, passed away August 1, 2008, at Golden Years Assisted Living. Visitation will be at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange on Saturday, August 2, 2008, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. The funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 3, 2008, at First Presbyterian Church in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Margaret Desmond. Burial will follow at Orange...
Effie Trahan
Jul 30, 2008
Effie Trahan, 84, of Orange, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 2, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be the Reverend Joseph P. Daleo of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will begin...
Doris Herrington
Jul 29, 2008
Doris Herrington Doris Herrington, 81, of Orange, died Tuesday, July 29, 2008, in Houston. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 2, 2008, at North Orange Baptist Church, with Reverend Scott McIntosh, pastor, and Reverend Larry Lormand, associate pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Niblett's Bluff Cemetery in Vinton, Louisiana, with her great nephews serving as pallbearers and honorary...
Patricia Hardey
Jul 28, 2008
Patricia Beatrice Hardey, 81, of Orange, Texas, died July 28, 2008 at her home. Funeral services will be, 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 31, 2008 at Winfree Baptist Church. Officiating will be Reverend Keith Royal. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m., Wednesday, at Winfree Baptist Church. Pat was born on March 28,...
Jnella Abbiline Smith Collier
Jul 28, 2008
Jnella Abbiline Smith Collier, a lifelong resident of Beaumont, died Monday morning. She was 90. Born into the Smith family who made the boilers for the oil fields of Spindletop, Nell was a lifelong member of Westminster Presbyterian Church and attended Beaumont High School and Lamar Tech. A homemaker, paralegal, and retail saleswoman, Nell was retired and had a lifelong...
Garland Ray Linder
Jul 27, 2008
Garland Ray "Sam" Linder, 90, of Bridge City passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City. Charles "Butch" Thurman, Mr. Linder's nephew, will officiate. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City. Visitation will be 5:00-9:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral...
Larry Garcia
Jul 27, 2008
Larry Garcia, 46, of Beaumont, passed away on July 27, 2008. He was born June 13, 1962 in Beeville, Texas. Mr. Garcia is survived by his father, Pete Garcia, Sr. and mother, Lydia Perez; sister, Lydia Garcia of Beaumont, brother, Pete Garcia, Jr. and wife Joanne of Wichita, KS, sister, Theresa Adams and husband John, of Flint, TX, brother Eddie...
Larry Lucher
Jul 27, 2008
Lawrence Paul Lucher, Jr., 74, of Orange, died July 27, 2008, at Pinehurst Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Larry was born April 20, 1934, in New Waverly, Texas, the son of Lawrence Paul Lucher, Sr. and Beatrice Wright Lucher. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, worked as a Heavy Equipment Operator for Devers Construction and was a former member...
Robert Gene Brown
Jul 26, 2008
Robert Gene Brown, 88, died July 26, 2008 in Houston. A graveside service will be held at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 3:00-4:00 p.m., Tuesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Robert was born on June 9, 1920, in Webb City, Missouri. He had served in World War II and married...
Dr. Arthur Theodore Morgan
Jul 25, 2008
Dr. Arthur Theodore Morgan, 77, of Orange, died Friday, July 25, 2008 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at Eastgate United Pentecostal Church Vidor, TX. Officiating will be Reverend Bobby Edwards, Reverend Fred Foster, and Reverend Niles White. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00 p.m., Monday at Eastgate United Pentecostal Church of...