Obituaries for
Claybar Funeral Home
In Memory of Our Dear Loved Ones in Orange, Beaumont, Bridge City, TX.
Benjamin Harry Toenges
May 29, 2008
Benjamin Harry Toenges, 87, passed away at Orange Villa at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, May 29, 2008. He was the son of the well known mining engineer Albert Louis Toenges and his wife Maggy Mae Williams, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Williams of Flat River, MO. Ben was the husband of Rosella B. Epps Toenges of 612 Quincy St., Orange, TX, where...
Lydie A. Echols
May 28, 2008
Lydie A. Echols, 81, of Bridge City, Texas, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at her home. A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m., Saturday, May 31, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Officiating will be Reverend David Way of First Assembly of God in Port Arthur. Visitation will be Saturday, 3 p.m. at Bridge City Funeral Home. Lydie was born...
Dennis Lee Reed
May 28, 2008
Dennis Lee Reed, 61, current resident of Jasper, TX and former resident of Ashley, Ohio, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Harbor Hospice Baptist Hospital in Orange, TX. Visitation will be held at Bennett Brown Rodman Funeral Home in Ashley, Ohio, Monday, June 2, 2008 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and 6:00-8:00 p.m. A graveside service will be held at...
Jerry Newman
May 27, 2008
Funeral services for Jerry, Newman, 74, of Beaumont, will be held on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, between the 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Mr. Newman was born March 31, 1934 in Pennington,...
Jack Brittain
May 25, 2008
Jack Brittain, of Crockett, TX and formerly of Martinsville, IN, passed away on May 25, 2008. Mr. Brittain was born in Shelby County, Center, TX, on December 21, 1922 to Norvin Lester and Thelma Doggett Brittain. Mr. Brittain graduated from Lamar College and was employed by Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. and the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. In retirement,...
Calvin Joseph Billeaud
May 25, 2008
Calvin Joseph Billeaud, 67, of Bridge City, died Sunday, May 25, 2008, at his residence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 29, 2008, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City with Reverend Jim McClintock, pastor, serving as celebrant. The Rite of Committal will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, under the direction of...
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Benjamin Harry Toenges
May 29, 2008
Benjamin Harry Toenges, 87, passed away at Orange Villa at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, May 29, 2008. He was the son of the well known mining engineer Albert Louis Toenges and his wife Maggy Mae Williams, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Williams of Flat River, MO. Ben was the husband of Rosella B. Epps Toenges of 612 Quincy St., Orange, TX, where...
Lydie A. Echols
May 28, 2008
Lydie A. Echols, 81, of Bridge City, Texas, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at her home. A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m., Saturday, May 31, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Officiating will be Reverend David Way of First Assembly of God in Port Arthur. Visitation will be Saturday, 3 p.m. at Bridge City Funeral Home. Lydie was born...
Dennis Lee Reed
May 28, 2008
Dennis Lee Reed, 61, current resident of Jasper, TX and former resident of Ashley, Ohio, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Harbor Hospice Baptist Hospital in Orange, TX. Visitation will be held at Bennett Brown Rodman Funeral Home in Ashley, Ohio, Monday, June 2, 2008 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and 6:00-8:00 p.m. A graveside service will be held at...
Jerry Newman
May 27, 2008
Funeral services for Jerry, Newman, 74, of Beaumont, will be held on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. in the Claybar Kelley-Watkins Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, between the 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Mr. Newman was born March 31, 1934 in Pennington,...
Jack Brittain
May 25, 2008
Jack Brittain, of Crockett, TX and formerly of Martinsville, IN, passed away on May 25, 2008. Mr. Brittain was born in Shelby County, Center, TX, on December 21, 1922 to Norvin Lester and Thelma Doggett Brittain. Mr. Brittain graduated from Lamar College and was employed by Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. and the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. In retirement,...
Calvin Joseph Billeaud
May 25, 2008
Calvin Joseph Billeaud, 67, of Bridge City, died Sunday, May 25, 2008, at his residence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 29, 2008, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City with Reverend Jim McClintock, pastor, serving as celebrant. The Rite of Committal will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, under the direction of...
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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