Aubrey Gordon O'Neal

Aubrey Gordon O’Neal
Aubrey Gordon O’Neal, 83, of Beaumont, passed away on February 27, 2015, at Jefferson Nursing and Rehabilitation in Beaumont.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 1, 2015, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft of Orange, Texas and Dr. Raymond McHenry of Beaumont. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.

Visitation will begin one hour prior to the beginning of the service.

Born in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, on December 12, 1931, he was the son of Willis Shirley O’Neal and Evie Caroline O’Neal. Aubrey was a Korean War veteran who served in the U. S. Army. He retired from DuPont in Beaumont, Texas and was a member of Westgate Baptist Church in Beaumont, Texas.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Willis and Evie O’Neal and his son, Michael David O’Neal.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Iris Maxine O’Neal; daughters, Betty Holland and husband, Pete of Humble, Texas and Linda Ballenger and husband, Thomas of Beaumont, Texas; granddaughters, Melissa Hamm and husband, Charles, Melanie Brazzell and husband, Mike, and Jennifer DeRouen and husband, Bryan; grandson, Thomas Ballenger III; and eleven great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers will be Charles Hamm, Mike Brazzell, Bryan DeRouen, Thomas Ballenger III, David Guidry, and Stephen Noffsinger.